as in number
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 Wednesday is expected to start off sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and heat index into triple digits at BWI Marshall Airport. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2025 The past few days, when temperatures have been reaching into triple digits, made the children feel as ... Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 June 2025 The heat wave hitting Baltimore, which has caused temperatures to rise to the triple digits, is projected to continue into Thursday, perhaps with afternoon storms. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025 Notably, Dirac represents a breakthrough as the first and only quantum system to natively solve integer problems using quantum digits (qdits) rather than traditional quantum bits (qubits). Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for digit
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  • The total number of calls does not necessarily indicate there were 246 incidents, as some incidents can create more than one entry, if there are multiple calls or dispatches to an incident, for example.
    Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
  • From the 1980s to the 2010s, a series of mergers and new ventures doubled the number of taxi companies to six: Yellow (merged with Roy’s), Austin (merged with Harlem), American, Texas, Lone Star and Checker.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 29 July 2025
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  • Research shows that by reducing numerical precision from 32-bit floats to 8-bit integers (or lower), most AI applications can maintain accuracy while slashing power consumption by four to five times.
    Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Like Shor’s algorithm, the new approach factors integers in a reasonable amount of time.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2025

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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