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 Phoenix is expected to have five straight days of triple-digit temperatures this week — only once before, in 1988, has the city recorded a 100 degree day in March, DePodwin said. CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 Temperatures in Phoenix should climb into the triple digits by Wednesday, with Thursday expected to reach 105. Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026 Asian and European natural gas prices have seen double digit percentage increases since the war began. Julia Simon, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026 Criminals use software to generate the remaining digits at high speed. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • That number is expected to grow and will eventually account for the cost of restocking the Pentagon’s missiles and interceptors, not to mention potential extended deployments of American service members in the region.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The administration cut more than 80 staffers in Near Eastern Affairs, according to numbers compiled by a State Department employee who was terminated last year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
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  • Specifically, the issue involves something called an integer overflow.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Encryption: current encryption techniques require decomposing large integers (on which RSA encryption is based) created as a product of prime numbers, into their prime factors.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.

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