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double-digit
[duhb-uhl-dij-it]
adjective
of or denoting a percentage greater than ten.
Word History and Origins
Origin of double-digit1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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