bracketed

Definition of bracketednext
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 His grandfather is Rennie Stennett, a versatile player whose nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates were bracketed by World Series titles in his 1971 rookie season and 1979 finale. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 If Sutton was bracketed, Nix often didn’t have a consistent deep threat last year, and finished 17th in the NFL in completion percentage of throws 20-plus yards downfield. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 On the palate, corn sweetness emerges as caramel corn and brown sugar, immediately bracketed by clove, cinnamon, black pepper, and a touch of citrus oil. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 So far, seven candidates have filed to represent the district, which generally spans from East Colonial Drive in the north, south to Orlando International Airport, bracketed by Orange Blossom Trail and Goldenrod Road. Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026 Richardson does a good job of situating the fledgling Rolling Stone on the cultural landscape of San Francisco that bracketed the Summer of Love (1967, the year the magazine launched). James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 Aside from the 43rd president’s penchant for surfacing mostly for official events — joking in an affectionate and hilarious manner with Michelle Obama — Bush’s taciturn post-presidency cuts a striking contrast with the two men who bracketed his tenure. Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 These domestic sequences are bracketed with scenes on the border. Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 The All American Halftime Show was heavy on guitars, Americana, and Christian praise, and was bracketed by tributes to Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated in September. Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2026
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  • New-grad hiring at the largest technology companies is down about 65% compared with 2019, and down roughly 76% at early-stage startups, according to venture firm SignalFire’s talent research.
    Felysha Walker, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The Ultra 2 has double the storage of the Watch 9, 64GB compared with 32GB, and both have 2GB of memory.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
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  • Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • In a world that had long equated labor with the physical act of making things, such a shift was seen as not terribly manly, and potentially dangerous to society as a whole.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

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“Bracketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracketed. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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