triple-digit

American  

[trip-uhl-dij-it] / ˈtrɪp əlˈdɪdʒ ɪt /

adjective

1. being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999.

   triple-digit budget figures.

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Etymology

Origin of triple-digit

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Eli Lilly’s stock soared 7% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the drug giant reported triple-digit growth of Zepbound and Mounjaro, its game-changing weight-loss and Type 2 diabetes drugs.

From MarketWatch

The stock fell 2.9% on Tuesday, while Thomson Reuters, Intuit, and S&P Global all racked up triple-digit losses after Anthropic released a new plug-in to handle a variety of legal tasks.

From Barron's

With Tesla and Palantir trading at triple-digit price-to-earnings ratios, value investors might feel left out of the AI trade External link.

From Barron's

Chinese carmakers have quickly amassed market share around the globe in recent years, but remain effectively prohibited from entering the massive U.S. car market because of triple-digit tariffs on Chinese vehicle imports imposed by the federal government.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chinese companies are capitalizing on Nvidia’s absence from China’s AI chip market, with other chip designers seeing triple-digit gains on debut.

From Barron's