single-digit

adjective

: having a number or percentage that is 9 or less
a single-digit increase

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All three of the regular-season games were within single-digit finishes. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025 In the same poll last month, Booker drew 2 percent support among party respondents — putting him in line with roughly a dozen other Democratic figures with low single-digit support. Tara Suter, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025 Levi’s sources from 28 countries, including China (which accounts for only 1 percent of product), Mexico (5 percent) and Vietnam (a single-digit percentage). Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025 Image But the Conservatives’ 25 percentage point lead in the polls has swiftly turned into a single-digit deficit as Mr. Trump has become the race’s dominant issue. Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for single-digit

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“Single-digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single-digit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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