as in types
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 compares
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 brackets
Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
This year brings a new venue partnership with Carmel Country Club, a streamlined two-day format (down from four), refreshed tournament brackets, and an indoor Mix & Mingle Party to beat the Carolina summer heat.
—Ace The Stigma Foundation, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Drivers compete in three brackets, from ages 6 to 14.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Then Levu entered the batter’s box with two outs and hit the home run that sent USC (43-15) back to Los Angeles for a break before the NCAA tournament brackets are revealed Sunday night.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
The Players Era announced the brackets for its new two-week, two-bracket format for November.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 21 May 2026
There are several income brackets for IRMAA.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The brackets will be announced Sunday.
—Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Many of the luxury hotel company’s 7,000 employees had played their way through local brackets before the top players were flown to Deer Valley for the finals.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Allison Palmer
updated February 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
When the brackets were released Wednesday afternoon there were 142 boys lacrosse teams still standing in Massachusetts.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 28 May 2026
This year brings a new venue partnership with Carmel Country Club, a streamlined two-day format (down from four), refreshed tournament brackets, and an indoor Mix & Mingle Party to beat the Carolina summer heat.
—Ace The Stigma Foundation, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Drivers compete in three brackets, from ages 6 to 14.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Then Levu entered the batter’s box with two outs and hit the home run that sent USC (43-15) back to Los Angeles for a break before the NCAA tournament brackets are revealed Sunday night.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
The Players Era announced the brackets for its new two-week, two-bracket format for November.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 21 May 2026
There are several income brackets for IRMAA.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The brackets will be announced Sunday.
—Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Many of the luxury hotel company’s 7,000 employees had played their way through local brackets before the top players were flown to Deer Valley for the finals.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackets
Noun
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There are styles and prints for all tastes and body types.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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Jerry Lanuzza, associate professor at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina, explains how to store alcohol, whether alcohol goes bad, and how long different types will last.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
Verb
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This experiment compares how well LLMs and internal medicine doctors do at guessing the diagnosis of patients admitted to the hospital using only the information that was available in the ER.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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The paper compares each modifiable risk factor using a dataset of more than 17,000 middle-aged or older adults from the National Institute of Aging’s wide-ranging Health and Retirement Study.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
Noun
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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,
28 May 2026
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Artificial intelligence companies now account for a massive share of private market value, while defense technology, space infrastructure and AI-native applications have rapidly moved from fringe categories to the center of Silicon Valley.—
TrueBridge Capital,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Critics said the report essentially equates one stand of conservative Christianity to be representative of Christians overall, then construes policy disagreements to be persecution.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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Lewkowitz pushed back against the traditional value proposition that equates value with the lowest possible price.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Solana Beach club won’t be the site of a bed-in for peace of the kinds that Lennon and Yoko Ono made famous back in ’69.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Finding Credible Information In A Noisy World One of those skills has to do with parsing the authenticity of content of all kinds.—
Rajiv Vinnakota,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Hormuz — which links the region to global markets — has been subject to a double blockade by both Tehran and Washington.—
Nicholas Lua,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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The spangram links two opposite sides of the board.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Brackets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackets. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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