single digits
noun
chiefly US
: a number or percentage that is 9 or less
They won the game by single digits.
The state's unemployment rate is in the single digits.
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Although tariffs raised costs for some products, Walmart reported notable strength in discretionary categories—such as apparel, media, gaming, and automotive—with general merchandise sales increasing by low single digits.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Other potential contenders—including Governors Tim Walz of Minnesota, Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro, and Gretchen Whitmer, from Michigan, as well as New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Ro Khanna, from California—registered in the single digits.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Temperatures will peak in the 90s mid-week as relative humidities drop back into the single digits, meteorologist Julie Malingowski said during a Saturday night community meeting in Meeker.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Rodríguez is also polling in the low single digits, leaving the once-formidable MAS political machine in disarray.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Other potential contenders—including Governors Tim Walz of Minnesota, Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro, and Gretchen Whitmer, from Michigan, as well as New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Ro Khanna, from California—registered in the single digits.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Temperatures will peak in the 90s mid-week as relative humidities drop back into the single digits, meteorologist Julie Malingowski said during a Saturday night community meeting in Meeker.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
Rodríguez is also polling in the low single digits, leaving the once-formidable MAS political machine in disarray.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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