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• present tense form of bracket (3rd person singular).
• plural of bracket.

brackets

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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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Income brackets rise with inflation, but last year the top 2% of taxpayers earned at least $371,000 for single filers and $743,000 for joint filers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ahead of the Bangkok talks, Cordano released an "aid to negotiations" -- a non-binding outline of a possible treaty, with brackets around the most contentious sections.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Instead, we used those states’ brackets for married couples at the bottom of the bracket for the highest Federal bracket for joint filers: $768,701.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

People across income brackets are still traveling, but many are altering their behaviors to make vacations fit into their budget, Wynn says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

After some drilling and bolting, I got the brackets attached to it and then mounted it back on the rover.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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