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LES

American  

abbreviation

  1. lower esophageal sphincter.


Example Sentences

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This year, it’s LES MOONVES, one of the most powerful men in television.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2018

And along Lower East Side streets, Naomi Goldberg Haas and Laura Nova orchestrate the LES Citizens’ Parade, an ode to the neighborhood’s longtime residents.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

The Orion spacecraft, NASA’s next generation of manned craft in development, also features an LES mounted on top of the craft, called a Launch Abort System.

From Time • Nov. 18, 2014

Most other proposed transactions in the global exchanges industry, including bids by the LES, Singapore Exchange Ltd and Nasdaq OMX Group, have since failed.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2012

In press. 12mo. cloth, $1.50 LES MISERABLES.—In the Spanish language.

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)