Definition of digitnext
as in number
a character used to represent a mathematical value you only need to fill in the last two digits of the year in which you were born

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Recent Examples of digit In a small percentage of cases, dates of birth and the last four digits of Social Security numbers or Tax IDs were included. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026 The railroad affirmed its outlook for midsingle digit growth in its earnings per share this year in line with its long-term plan. ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026 If that’s true, the entire psychological burden of the piece has been distilled into that one strained digit. Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The receipts did not include the cards' middle digits, expiration dates, customer names or addresses, or other personally identifiable information. Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • All of the numbers from that game are jaw-dropping.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Nexstar contends the deal would strengthen TV station economics, allowing stations to bolster their news gathering and expand the number of newscasts.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Not just because infinity is so useful and so natural to our descriptions of the universe, but because treating sets of numbers (like the integers) as actual, infinite objects is at the very core of mathematics, embedded in its most fundamental rules and assumptions.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The final number, q, is obtained by dividing k by 4 and keeping only the integer part; that is, q = 5 for 2026.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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