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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TheFork is also growing at high single digits, has $200 million in revenue, $65 million in EBITDA and can reach margins greater than 20% at scale.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Guard Jaden Shackelford and his quick-trigger shot scored nine points and helped briefly cut the Blazers’ lead to single digits in the second quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
Clear skies and lows near 10 degrees into the single digits will be possible Tuesday in areas near southern Ohio and northern Kentucky.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Lows are expected to fall into the single digits and teens, with highs staying in the teens and 20s.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Guard Jaden Shackelford and his quick-trigger shot scored nine points and helped briefly cut the Blazers’ lead to single digits in the second quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
Clear skies and lows near 10 degrees into the single digits will be possible Tuesday in areas near southern Ohio and northern Kentucky.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Lows are expected to fall into the single digits and teens, with highs staying in the teens and 20s.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for single digits
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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