bracketed

past tense of bracket
as in compared
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 bracketed Throws to Troy Franklin in double coverage — he was bracketed — leading to easy interception. Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025 Good morning, The Padres have now bracketed the 14-3 run that briefly got them into first place in the National League West with a pair of four-game losing streaks. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 One post on TikTok discussing being tax-bracketed out of friendships garnered over 50,000 views. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Roseman, whose first full-time NFL job was in the financial realm as counsel to the Eagles’ salary-cap staff, has compared Philadelphia’s tactics to financing a home when interest rates are low.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • In a terse statement confirming only the broad outlines of the incident, the Pentagon equated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government to a narco-trafficking cartel, allegations Caracas denies.
    Phil Stewart, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Like President Reagan, those pushing for democracy promotion equated political freedom with strengthening free markets and thereby lessening the attraction abroad to movements—including but not limited to communism—that aimed to redistribute resources to reduce economic inequality.
    Time, Time, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Bracketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracketed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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