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 The feels-like temperatures will be in the upper 90s and triple-digits. Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 May 2026 Mizuho singled out Micron last week with a similar rationale, arguing that pricing power delta on DRAM and NAND memory would climb well into the triple digits. Tobias Burns, CNBC, 11 May 2026 Nate is two digits down and how far into his payment plan again? Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 May 2026 Simply program your three-digit combo in seconds, and you’re all set. Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • The number of teams and bowls involved could shift as discussions become more serious.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • The promises made and attacks scattered like buckshot on the San Francisco soundstage all seem much less important than the numbers that show up in opinion polls between now and Election Day.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Not just because infinity is so useful and so natural to our descriptions of the universe, but because treating sets of numbers (like the integers) as actual, infinite objects is at the very core of mathematics, embedded in its most fundamental rules and assumptions.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The final number, q, is obtained by dividing k by 4 and keeping only the integer part; that is, q = 5 for 2026.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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