Jillian is mapping her co-worker's reasoning process. She puts a few words in brackets. What do the braces signify about the words they enclose?.

new york state wildlife expert richard thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.