How to Use bracketed in a Sentence

bracketed

adjective
  • Each draft report contains bracketed fill-in-the-blanks that an officer must either complete or delete before it can be submitted.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That’s in part because the Patriots haven’t had an outside receiver in years who could demand bracketed coverage with extra safety attention.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • The mirrorless camera was used to snap bracketed exposures — where the same scene is imaged with a variety of exposure durations — while the smart telescope was tasked with capturing RAW footage of the eclipse.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The Jayhawks are included in a bracketed field that includes Houston, West Virginia, Florida, Auburn, Notre Dame, Rutgers and UNLV.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Competing in what will be called the Players Era 8, KU will be included in a bracketed field that includes Houston, West Virginia, Florida, Auburn, Notre Dame, Rutgers and UNLV.
    Gary Bedore may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026

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