single-digit

adjective

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

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Historically, Flex has been a solid but unspectacular business, growing at a mid-single-digit pace with operating margins of around 6%. — Paul Meeks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 All of this lends itself to a mid-single-digit opening at 2,200 theaters for Social Reckoning, perhaps around $8M (where Tom Cruise’s $160M Digger flopped). — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Most polls, though, indicate that the governor holds a small, single-digit lead as the November election approaches. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 Although the race had tightened considerably in the weeks leading up to the election, the vast majority of the polls showed incumbent President Inacio Lula da Silva with a single-digit lead. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 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 14 Oct. 2026.

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