as in comparing
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 bracketing
To facilitate such a mix, Alameddine constructs The True True Story of Raja the Gullible like an accordion, bracketing it with two short chapters set in 2023 and using the space between them to take his narrator back and forth in time.
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Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The two can be fantastic complementary pieces, as opposing defenses would be stretched by bracketing both in coverage.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Tahquamenon Falls State Park is among the most popular with UP trees bracketing the largest waterfall in the state.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The two can be fantastic complementary pieces, as opposing defenses would be stretched by bracketing both in coverage.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Tahquamenon Falls State Park is among the most popular with UP trees bracketing the largest waterfall in the state.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bracketing
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Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The statement further addressed the context of the tribute, comparing it to other moments of silence following tragedies.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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For their part, Israeli leaders discovered the political utility of equating such hostility with Europe’s fascist past.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Stop equating stress with success.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Bracketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracketing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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