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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Behind Gobert’s 27 points and 24 rebounds, the Timberwolves dominated Game 5, at least as much as one team can dominate another when the margin of victory is in the single digits.
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The company also raised its full-year guidance for 2025, forecasting net sales to grow by high single digits and core operating income to increase by low double-digits.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Growth decelerated from double-digit annual rates two decades ago to rates in the high single digits in the 2010s to rates of around five percent today (discounted by many China watchers to closer to two percent, to account for the CCP’s tendency to exaggerate).
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The Grizzlies did pull within single digits towards the end of the game, but the Thunder threw one last punch to secure a 19-point victory.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The company also raised its full-year guidance for 2025, forecasting net sales to grow by high single digits and core operating income to increase by low double-digits.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Growth decelerated from double-digit annual rates two decades ago to rates in the high single digits in the 2010s to rates of around five percent today (discounted by many China watchers to closer to two percent, to account for the CCP’s tendency to exaggerate).
—Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
The Grizzlies did pull within single digits towards the end of the game, but the Thunder threw one last punch to secure a 19-point victory.
—Nick Crain, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for single digits
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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