as in number
a character used to represent a mathematical value you only need to fill in the last two digits of the year in which you were born

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Recent Examples of digit In the lawsuits, Dhillon says Michigan is required to provide it information needed to exercise its statutory enforcement authority, including voters' full date of birth, driver's license numbers and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers. Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Some like to use a single Tabi nail as an accent in a mix-and-match manicure, and others go full Tabi on all ten digits. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 24 Sep. 2025 Temperatures on Tuesday are expected to soar into the triple digits in some regions, including parts of the East Bay and Santa Clara Valley, according to forecasters. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Florida, Ohio, Michigan, and Maryland — all states known for routine price cycling — saw double-digit jumps to average gas prices. Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • That information from customers was leaked in a full database, including customer’s names, mobile numbers, email addresses, license plate numbers, vehicle nicknames, and more.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Respecting the numbers Sometimes, managers go with their gut.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the methods were no longer effective when mathematicians only wanted to find, say, the number of real solutions to the equations in an enumerative geometry problem, or the number of integer solutions.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Algorithms are old—around 300 B.C., Euclid invented one for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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