BRACKETING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

bracketing

verb

present participle of bracket

as in comparing

to describe as similar I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci

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contrasting

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Recent Examples of bracketing Park’s team then worked through the 450 years of mud bracketing that sliver, layer by layer, combining microscope images with chemical scans, isotope readings, and diatom counts every two to three years. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026 Samsung could end up bracketing the iPhone Ultra with the Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra, should Apple decide to price its new foldable at $2,000. — Mike Feibus, USA Today, 22 July 2026 The Longhorns were slotted there to ensure that the bracketing principle of keeping the top four teams in a conference in different regions was protected. — Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026 Callers even got their inquiries answered on the days bracketing Christmas. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026 Consumers who buy apparel and footwear in-store have the opportunity to try merchandise on before checking out, whereas indecision on fit when purchasing via e-commerce often leads to bracketing, or the practice of buying multiple sizes of the same item with plans to return what doesn’t work. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026 As observers have parsed the new Mayor’s early acts in office, some have responded by bracketing his commitment to Palestine—after all, how much can a mayor actually do about the state of Israel? — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026 All of them see at least some further upside, with the median target of 7,500 and the average near 7,580 bracketing a 10% climb from Friday’s closing level. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025 The helicopter, its body on the stairwell bannister, was wedged between the trees and the lampposts bracketing the entrance to the stairs. — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025

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But the only clinical trial data that Dyson has been able to provide to Allure is a four-week study of 60 subjects, comparing the results of a manual toothbrush and a CameraJet.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
By comparing these to oxygen-proton collisions from the same run as a control, the researchers concluded that there was jet quenching or parton energy loss in these collisions.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of comparing

Verb

The study’s authors are careful to frame Qurayyah Painted Ware as an example of ancient brand-making, rather than directly equating it with a modern multinational brand.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
Others on Wall Street, however, see higher levels of risk, equating Meta's case to Big Tobacco in the 1990s when tobacco companies had to pay billions for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of equating

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