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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Current Economic Conditions Are Reshaping America’s BBQ Tradition With profit margins in the low single digits, grocers have virtually no cushion to absorb cost increases.
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Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
By September, weekly case numbers were in the single digits.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Via management, sales are expected to grow low to mid single digits with operating margins stabilizing.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 July 2025
For the most part, lows will be in the single digits and highs will be in the teens.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
By September, weekly case numbers were in the single digits.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Via management, sales are expected to grow low to mid single digits with operating margins stabilizing.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 July 2025
For the most part, lows will be in the single digits and highs will be in the teens.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 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 10 Jul. 2025.
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