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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Revenues contracted in 2024 and are projected to grow in the high single digits for 2025.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
As the countdown to Opening Day gets to single digits, the timing could open the door for the man who came through the left-field bullpen door after Abbott, Carson Spiers.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Falcon has got as close as 10 with less than a minute to go, but just couldn’t get this game to single digits.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Republican businessman John Cox placed second at 21 percent, while all other candidates polled in the single digits.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
As the countdown to Opening Day gets to single digits, the timing could open the door for the man who came through the left-field bullpen door after Abbott, Carson Spiers.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Falcon has got as close as 10 with less than a minute to go, but just couldn’t get this game to single digits.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2025
Republican businessman John Cox placed second at 21 percent, while all other candidates polled in the single digits.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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