Example Sentences

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The company’s guidance on adjusted earnings per share, which calls for $1.02 to $1.04, bracketed the consensus view.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

I’m less excited about the front end, bracketed by large and kind of goofy LED arrays at the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Regularly bracketed alongside Kohli, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Steve Smith of Australia in the 'Fab Four' of Test batting, Root has enjoyed the best form of his career since the beginning of 2022.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

For my birthday, she gifted me a T-shirt featuring a worm with a mustache bracketed by the phrase “You’re a Worm with a Mustache.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

A bracketed sign swings and creaks on the night wind.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin