single-digit

[sing-guhl-dij-it]

adjective

1. of or denoting a percentage smaller than ten, especially with reference to rates below that level.

   single-digit rates of inflation.

Example Sentences

Given the airline’s operating fleet remains at 78 aircraft as of October, the brokerage sees limited scope for any meaningful growth in Thai Airways’ average seat kilometer beyond a low single-digit percentage in 2H.

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The firm said wholesale volumes were set to drop by a mid-high single-digit percentage due to "heightened challenges in the global macroeconomic environment, including the ongoing impact of tariffs" - with a weaker performance being seen across North America and Asia.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, former state legislative leader Toni Atkins, current California Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, former state Controller Betty Yee, wealthy businessman Stephen Cloobeck and conservative commentator Steve Hilton — received single-digit support as voters’ first choice in the poll.

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“He has always had a low ceiling,” Doherty writes, “constrained by the single-digit approval he gets from Democrats and independents who lean Democratic. But he also has a high floor, thanks to the steady, 80 percent-plus support he invariably receives from the GOP base.”

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Among Democrats, who account for 47% of the state’s voters as of February, Harris had the support of nearly half, while every announced candidate had single-digit support.

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