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
Sure, our ages—and tax brackets—are quite different, but the media icon never fails to remind me of classic outfit formulas. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 26 July 2026 According to polling published July 23 by AARP, voters in Georgia over the age of 50 are more motivated to vote in this year's elections than those in younger age brackets. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Production beyond prototypes For aerospace manufacturers, additive manufacturing has increasingly moved beyond producing brackets and low-volume components. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 Short-term capital gains are taxed according to ordinary income tax brackets. — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 July 2026 The Spaniards have taken the air out of the balls, played keep-away, erected a flawless defensive fortress, and hijacked tournament brackets from far more direct teams like France and England. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Galatea surveyed over 2,000 people worldwide, with 97% of participants identifying as women across multiple age brackets. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Try adding brackets and a wooden plank to create a shelf on the exterior of a structure above the entrance or windows. — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026 Stars who perform into their late 30s are among the few players remaining in their age brackets, so they’re overrepresented in these numbers. — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 July 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
  1. types
  2. compares
  3. categories
  4. equates
  5. kinds
  6. links
Noun
  • The resident, who asked not to be identified, said that crime and other types of violence in the area have become increasingly common since the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • First off, there are two main types of yaks in Tibet – and the cloning project has different goals for them.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of types
Verb
  • Wilson compares being a quarterback to the responsibility a CEO of any organization might face.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • Belsky compares these experiments to her experience at Yale Law School, where sustained questioning by a professor was a defining part of legal education.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of compares
Noun
  • Rooms There are 187 airy, loft-style, soundproofed suites spread across 10 categories, from the entry-level premium room to the sprawling gran suites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The Bayou State was ranked last for crime and corrections and scored low in the economy and natural environment categories.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 29, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of categories
Verb
  • Being loved equates survival from the infant’s brain perspective.
    — Hylke Faber, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In the realm of the theater, no one exactly equates the number of headshots on a Playbill page with the ultimate fulfillment a stage show provides.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of equates
Noun
  • That splits the danger premium into two kinds, and telling them apart is the single most useful skill in this environment.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Those near-misses inspired me to expand the mission to frozen cocktails of all kinds.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of kinds
Verb
  • The Saudi exports transit through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a chokepoint that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • Launched by the federal government, the Genesis Mission links supercomputing, quantum systems, advanced scientific instruments, and other digital technologies.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026
Definition of links

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