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LES

American  

abbreviation

  1. lower esophageal sphincter.


Example Sentences

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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

Neither Potter nor Nothnagel are racking up LES bills with their personal collections.

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017

Since the LES isn’t discarded after launch, this “pusher” method provides the capsule with emergency escape capability throughout the entire flight—something the Space Shuttle and Apollo crafts never had, the company notes.

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

GUEUX, LES, or “The Beggars,” a name assumed by the confederacy of nobles and other malcontents, who in 1566 opposed Spanish tyranny in the Netherlands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various