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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The company has fallen out of favor on Wall Street this year due to an extended stretch of meager revenue growth, which has been stuck in the single digits since mid-2024.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Growth has been a highlight, with revenues increasing at an average annual rate of nearly 184% over the past three years, significantly exceeding the S&P 500; however, more recent growth has tapered to low single digits.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
By the mid-1980s, inflation had fallen back into the low single digits.
—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
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Growth has been a highlight, with revenues increasing at an average annual rate of nearly 184% over the past three years, significantly exceeding the S&P 500; however, more recent growth has tapered to low single digits.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
By the mid-1980s, inflation had fallen back into the low single digits.
—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
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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