brackets

Cultural  

1. Marks — [ ] — resembling parentheses with square corners. Brackets are often used within quotations to distinguish between the quoter's own words and those of the writer being quoted: “He [the president] made a memorable speech at Gettysburg.”

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Example Sentences

Irrevocable trusts can hit the highest income-tax brackets, even at low income levels.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Here’s the link to complete brackets from Division 1 to Division 9.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Shorter-term muni funds usually don’t provide better after-tax yields, except for investors in the top tax brackets.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

However, the daughter has two young-adult children in lower tax brackets, and they’re listed as “contingent beneficiaries” on Grandma’s IRA form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It had already grown almost quite dark and they now found themselves in a maze of corridors lit only by occasional torches fixed in brackets to the walls.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis

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