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 Nuggets rallied to cut it to single digits, capped by Jokic’s 39-footer that bounced on the rim twice before dropping in after the horn.
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Minnesota never got within single digits again.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The safest fertilizers to apply are organic, low analysis (the three numbers representing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are all single digits), or slow-release pellets.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
This narrow band of conversion rates in the low single digits stubbornly endures even as the ecosystem grows more sophisticated.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Minnesota never got within single digits again.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The safest fertilizers to apply are organic, low analysis (the three numbers representing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are all single digits), or slow-release pellets.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
This narrow band of conversion rates in the low single digits stubbornly endures even as the ecosystem grows more sophisticated.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
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 28 Mar. 2026.
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