as in type
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 to compare
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 bracket
Jeff Weiner, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The Broncos are representing the non-Power Four teams in the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket, while the Rebels settle for a trip to Inglewood.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The religious clauses developed a basic framework that had existed in the empire since 1555, which tried to manage religious coexistence legally and politically, while bracketing out contentious and intractable questions of theological truth.
—Michael Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2016
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Noun
Driving the news: The CFP bracket was announced Sunday, with top-four seeds Oregon, Georgia, Arizona State and Boise State earning first-round byes.
—Jeff Weiner, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
The Broncos are representing the non-Power Four teams in the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket, while the Rebels settle for a trip to Inglewood.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
Poles taller than 8 feet need to be bracketed into a wall for stability, but unlike similar products, Freestyle can accommodate ceilings up to 12 feet high.
—Medea Giordano, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
The religious clauses developed a basic framework that had existed in the empire since 1555, which tried to manage religious coexistence legally and politically, while bracketing out contentious and intractable questions of theological truth.
—Michael Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2016
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Numerous hybrids are also available, which provide striking floral colors and produce fewer, if any, seedlings compared with the straight species.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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The unusually large size of this bulge compared with the galaxy’s disk is possibly thanks to UGC 10043 siphoning material from a nearby dwarf galaxy.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Surveying 455 adults, with a margin of error of +/- 4.6 percentage points, the poll only divided the age category into under and over 45 years old.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the best example in the latter category is Warner Bros. Discovery‘s TruTV.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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So, don’t equate going through perimenopause with no-need-for-contraception.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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The same illogic leads the progressive Left to equate Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorists with the October 7 atrocities, and to draw false equivalences between Daniel Penny’s intervention on a subway and Mangione’s premeditated execution.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
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Four dams were torn down—the largest undertaking of its kind in U.S. history—to restore the Klamath River in California and Oregon to its historic flow.Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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The ruling is undoubtedly the most high profile for Georgia's typically under-the-radar appeals court, which is among the busiest of its kind in the country.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Bracket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracket. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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