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double-digit

[duhb-uhl-dij-it]

adjective

  1. of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of double-digit1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

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One of his favorite memories as a Bruin, according to his brother, was a comeback against Washington State toward the end of his career in which the Bruins wiped out a late double-digit deficit, winning on Greenwood’s putback dunk only seconds before the buzzer.

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The Angels drew two walks, one of them with two out in the ninth, but were able to snap their three-game streak of double-digit strikeouts — punching out just eight times.

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Thus, some parents were happy to hand a copy of her 1970 menstruation diary, “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,” to their daughters once they hit double-digit birthdays.

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Last year, New York City complained that the Census did not do a good job accounting for that change, which brought more than 200,000 new arrivals to town and may have contributed to a double-digit spike in the national homeless count.

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Now Lara has added “insult to injury” for customers who will see double-digit rate hikes “while State Farm is mishandling their existing claims,” in the words of Consumer Watchdog Executive Director Carmen Balber.

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