How to Use single digits in a Sentence

single digits

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  • The crowd wants to hope, but the Aztecs can’t get the deficit down to single digits.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The high will get out of the single digits and reach about 13 degrees.
    — Journal Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Long Beach did not get back within single digits the rest of the night.
    — Dan Arritt, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The Bucks pushed back to lead by 16 at the half before the Lakers cut that lead to single digits.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The same urges that eat at all of us nibbled them down to single digits.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • These days, banner ads are lucky to reach a click-through rate in the single digits.
    — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The two films are expected to open in the single digits.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Sales in China were up in the high single digits for the quarter.
    — Evan Clark, WWD, 7 Aug. 2024
  • His support has slipped since the spring—he’s been polling at single digits in some state polls.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
  • Others have failed to break out of the single digits in early polls.
    — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Grab’s share price has failed to rise above the low single digits, while GoTo’s has fallen 30% in the past year and 9% in the past six months.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Places like Chicago will go from a high in the 70s to wind chills in the teens and single digits by Wednesday morning.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Pence is mired in single digits, fighting for a distant third place with the rest of the growing field.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 7 June 2023
  • The air is also very dry with afternoon dew points in the single digits (bring out the lip balm!).
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • It’s also set to be the shortest of any of the show’s seasons, with an episode count likely in the single digits.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
  • Boston made just one of its first eight 3s in the third as Dallas whittled the lead down to single digits.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
  • Madison Bethel buries back-to-back jumpers in transition and the lead is down to single digits.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The rest of the field: Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is polling in the single digits.
    — WSJ, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Xavier tried to creep back a couple of times, but the Longhorns never allowed their lead to sniff single digits.
    — Dave Skretta, Chron, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Bryce Cofield sent home a jam to cut a third-quarter lead to single digits — then Foster came right back with a layup.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Friday night will be colder with lows in the single digits.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The Kings finally came alive when Lyles hit two 3-pointers in a span of 35 seconds to cut the deficit to single digits.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Temperatures in Vermont at the time had dropped to the low teens and single digits.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Boise State has now won nine games this season by single digits.
    — Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024
  • By the numbers: Recent polling shows Kennedy's support in the single digits.
    — Erin Doherty, Axios, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Chicago woke up to wind chill values in the single digits, and New Yorkers started their days with wind chills in the 20s.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The Clippers’ 10-2 start to the second quarter widening a lead that was never within single digits the rest of the night.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • All other candidates were in the low single digits in that poll.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Most of the time, Republicans' margin of victory has been in the high single digits or low double digits.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • That means Trump would win the election if the state-level polling proves to be exactly right—but all seven swing states are within single digits, and most have margins of less than a percentage point.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

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