as in type
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
they're in the same income bracket
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as in to compare
to describe as similar
I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
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Recent Examples of bracket
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Plans show 17 units will be rented to those in extremely low-income brackets, 17 to people at very low-income levels, and 137 to others with low incomes.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The $300,000 to $400,000 range, which brackets the metro’s median price, tends to be moderately competitive.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Coaches have been lobbying for years to have best two-out-of-three series, and this comes close but other divisions remain single elimination and 32-team brackets.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Plans show 17 units will be rented to those in extremely low-income brackets, 17 to people at very low-income levels, and 137 to others with low incomes.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Verb
Don’t forget to keep voting in our daily Survivor winners bracket!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The $300,000 to $400,000 range, which brackets the metro’s median price, tends to be moderately competitive.
—Allison Palmer
updated February 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bracket
Verb
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Net income came in at 665 million euros, compared with 885 million euros in the prior year.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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According to reports cited in the lawsuit, white employees composed 68% of its leadership in 2024, compared with 29% people of color.—
Alexandra Olson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Global companies already dominate the world's fastest-growing major consumer market across 20 product categories from soft drinks and spirits to savory snacks, detergents, and diapers, the report said.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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Each puzzle has exactly one solution, so watch out for words or items that seem to belong to multiple categories!—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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That statement shows the mental gymnastics that some leftists use to equate speech with violence.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Ignoring Jewish religious belief, history, and culture, Sartre equated Jewish identity with legitimate fear of antisemitic violence.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Some experts suspect that there may be several volcano archetypes — ones that prefer to throw out lava, for instance, or the especially explosive kind.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 May 2026
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The point of racially conscious practices of any kind shouldn’t be to hit particular numerical targets, but to improve, little by little, the institutions in a wealthy and powerful democracy that has not yet escaped the present effects of a deeply racist past.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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“Bracket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracket. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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