bracketed

Definition of bracketednext
past tense of bracket
as in compared
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 bracketed The Colts bracketed Dalton Schultz and kept him out of the game. — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026 His grandfather is Rennie Stennett, a versatile player whose nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates were bracketed by World Series titles in his 1971 rookie season and 1979 finale. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 If Sutton was bracketed, Nix often didn’t have a consistent deep threat last year, and finished 17th in the NFL in completion percentage of throws 20-plus yards downfield. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 On the palate, corn sweetness emerges as caramel corn and brown sugar, immediately bracketed by clove, cinnamon, black pepper, and a touch of citrus oil. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 So far, seven candidates have filed to represent the district, which generally spans from East Colonial Drive in the north, south to Orlando International Airport, bracketed by Orange Blossom Trail and Goldenrod Road. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026 Richardson does a good job of situating the fledgling Rolling Stone on the cultural landscape of San Francisco that bracketed the Summer of Love (1967, the year the magazine launched). — James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026 Aside from the 43rd president’s penchant for surfacing mostly for official events — joking in an affectionate and hilarious manner with Michelle Obama — Bush’s taciturn post-presidency cuts a striking contrast with the two men who bracketed his tenure. — Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 These domestic sequences are bracketed with scenes on the border. — Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
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  • According to Trendalytics data released in July 2026, funnel-neck jackets are up 1,924% in search volume compared with the same period a year ago.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But in the primary, Bass carried 35 Latino majority neighborhoods compared with seven for Raman.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • The character is a type-A perfect student who never has a single hair out of place — a way of being that Gerber has stepped into after years in the fashion industry where perfection is often equated with sublime beauty.
    — Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • And even when cannabis was prohibited, neither sentencing guidelines nor the public equated its dangers with crack.
    — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Bracketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracketed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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