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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Will Johnston and Porter hit consecutive 3-pointers to cut the margin to 49-39 with 8:57 left, but the Lions could never get within single digits. —

Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris has cut former President Donald Trump's once double-digit lead among men to single digits, according to a new Marist Poll. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Conditions ranged from single digits in Wyoming to rain in North Idaho to 70-mph gusts on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. —

Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024 But while the Lakers led by 25 at halftime, the Raptors were far from through, climbing back into the game and getting within single digits multiple times in the second half. —

Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for single digits

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