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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And long-acting HIV treatments and prevention options that replace daily pills can drive AIDS deaths to single digits.
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Bill Gates, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
The issues of health care and political division were each viewed as most important by 11 percent of voters, with all other issues in the single digits.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Angel Studios’ sports drama The Senior from director Rod Lurie and starring Michael Chiklis is looking at low single digits with the hope that men over 25 show up.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
The company has fallen out of favor on Wall Street this year due to an extended stretch of meager revenue growth, which has been stuck in the single digits since mid-2024.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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Bill Gates, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
The issues of health care and political division were each viewed as most important by 11 percent of voters, with all other issues in the single digits.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Angel Studios’ sports drama The Senior from director Rod Lurie and starring Michael Chiklis is looking at low single digits with the hope that men over 25 show up.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
The company has fallen out of favor on Wall Street this year due to an extended stretch of meager revenue growth, which has been stuck in the single digits since mid-2024.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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