Definition of digitnext
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 On the mound, Yankees prospect Carlos Lagrange fired fastballs at triple-digit velocities. Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026 Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla have all seen double-digit declines. Ari Levy, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026 The deepest section of the valley is 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America, and the heat gets trapped down there to the point where triple digit temperatures are the norm through July and August. Graham Averill, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026 Beijing retaliated, and the tariffs temporarily soared to triple digits before both sides climbed down. ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • No one answered calls placed Thursday to numbers listed for possible relatives of McCloud.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
  • That figure, however, was skewed substantially by Musk’s late-game spending blitz and, without him, the numbers look closer to 50-50.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Next, arrange the nodes in a circle and label each one with an integer.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In 1980 Klaus von Klitzing at the Planck Institute for Solid State Research, in Stuttgart, Germany, discovered the integer quantum Hall effect.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2025

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.

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