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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 Both are averaging 8-plus yards per attempt with passer ratings well into triple digits. Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 Carter, the nation's longest-living former president and first to reach triple digits, began receiving hospice care at home in February 2023 after a series of short hospital stays, the Carter Center announced at the time. Jacob Knutson, Axios, 29 Dec. 2024 Xavier also wrote an assortment of letters and numbers on her hand, which were within a digit or two of the license plate to Misch’s motorcycle. Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2024 What entropy consistently measures is ignorance: a lack of knowledge about the motion of particles, the next digit in a string of code, or the exact state of a quantum system. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for digit 

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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