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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The Dodgers’ recent skid dropped their National League West lead into single digits for the first time in over a month. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 Executives cited heavy discounting in North America and throughout Asia as specific challenges weighing on Under Armour’s near-term outlook, with revenues for fiscal 2027 expected to decline in the high single digits. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The Horror Section has Eli Roth’s genre title Ice Cream Man at 1,700 theaters, which is looking like low single digits. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026 Industrial Technologies' organic growth was in the mid-single digits, with the aerospace and electric vehicle battery businesses seeing double-digit growth. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026 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 14 Aug. 2026.

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