Examples of bracketed in a Sentence
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The top eight fastest competitors advance to the onstage competition, a bracketed, round-robin-style challenge utilizing a random selection of industry-standard cocktails.
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Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
There will be a sprint event on Feb. 19, a series of three bracketed heats with six skiers in each, heats taking three to four minutes to complete with an ascent and descent.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Each draft report contains bracketed fill-in-the-blanks that an officer must either complete or delete before it can be submitted.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Another difference in 2025 is that the tournament is structured as a single-elimination bracketed event.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
New Jersey is the only state in the nation with this type of bracketed ballot design.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
With 32 students, Richards conducts a bracketed war tournament like the NCAA Final Four.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
These cozy touches contrast with the space’s overall industrial feel—think, walls of bracketed steel sheeting, and exposed steel ceiling beams.
—Claire Marie Healy, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
RSRs are easily spotted by the bracketed letter at the end of the version number, and they can’t be added to whole-number updates.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
There will be a sprint event on Feb. 19, a series of three bracketed heats with six skiers in each, heats taking three to four minutes to complete with an ascent and descent.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Each draft report contains bracketed fill-in-the-blanks that an officer must either complete or delete before it can be submitted.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Another difference in 2025 is that the tournament is structured as a single-elimination bracketed event.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
New Jersey is the only state in the nation with this type of bracketed ballot design.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
With 32 students, Richards conducts a bracketed war tournament like the NCAA Final Four.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
These cozy touches contrast with the space’s overall industrial feel—think, walls of bracketed steel sheeting, and exposed steel ceiling beams.
—Claire Marie Healy, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
RSRs are easily spotted by the bracketed letter at the end of the version number, and they can’t be added to whole-number updates.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Bracketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bracketed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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