brackets 1 of 2

noun

plural of bracket
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of bracket
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
Noun
Although the Maxwell Ratings reflect each team’s strength, the simulation highlights the impact of the season’s structure as defined by the games, region alignments and playoff brackets. — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Most theme puzzles contain sets that are visually identifiable to solvers because of either the arrangement of their entries or an uncommon clue feature like italics or brackets. — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 For people in the lowest tax brackets, Lo said ACA plans are still relatively affordable. — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 Tap the frame capture icon, which looks like four corner brackets surrounding a small image symbol. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 In her translation, where papyri were tattered or a word obscured, Carson indicates this by using brackets and white space. — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 That may affect tax brackets, Social Security taxation, Medicare IRMAA surcharges, state taxes, capital gains planning and cash flow. — Ronald Stair, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 If passed this year, Amendment 87 would replace the single income tax rate with six new brackets. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 More vouchers were also awarded to families in the $100,000-$150,000 and $150,000-$200,000 income brackets than in past years. — Aleksandra Appleton, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
The structure brackets the range that Salesforce has occupied since the rally stalled out in August. — Julia Spina, CNBC, 6 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brackets
  1. types
  2. compares
  3. categories
  4. equates
  5. kinds
  6. links
Noun
  • Prior Justice Department inspectors general have long complained about the limitations to their authority to investigate certain types of attorney misconduct.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Ninety-four percent of Americans recognize that repairing and upgrading transportation infrastructure helps these types of vehicles move people and goods more quickly and safely.
    — Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of types
Verb
  • His current net approval of -19 percentage points compares with -8 a year ago.
    — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This compares with 73% of third graders in Texas who were reading at this level in 2016.
    — Daniel H. Robinson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of compares
Noun
  • The alliance will fund work on species in the three highest-risk categories (endangered, critically endangered, and extinct in the wild), which together include more than 31,000 species.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The categories catching on right now The trend spans clothing, toys, photography and physical music formats.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of categories
Verb
  • Yet in a culture that equates progress with perpetual acceleration, to pause is to risk obsolescence.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Bob O’Brien, Counterpoint’s research director, also equates Mini LED with FALD.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of equates
Noun
  • As social media continue to act as a cultural megaphone, content creators are now widely seen as an essential part of marketing for companies of all kinds, including retailers and coffee chains.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Non-essential workers—executives, administrators, management of all kinds—disappeared into Zoom en masse across the country.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of kinds
Verb
  • Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That links the card to their identity and the spending limits their employer has set.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of links

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“Brackets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brackets. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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