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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Right now, about 18% of all iPhones are made in India — a number that was in the low single digits just a few years ago.
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Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Republicans' margins in several other once-safe seats dwindled to the single digits by the end of the decade.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Year over year, premium costs grow at rates in the high single digits – with some markets facing even steeper growth.
—Dan Mendelson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Most recent polls have shown him with single digits of support, trailing far behind front-runner Andrew Cuomo and the No. 2 candidate Zohran Mamdani.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Republicans' margins in several other once-safe seats dwindled to the single digits by the end of the decade.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Year over year, premium costs grow at rates in the high single digits – with some markets facing even steeper growth.
—Dan Mendelson, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Most recent polls have shown him with single digits of support, trailing far behind front-runner Andrew Cuomo and the No. 2 candidate Zohran Mamdani.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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“Single digits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20digits. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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