LS
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Licentiate in Surgery.
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Linnaean Society.
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the place of the seal, as on a document; locus sigilli. Also l.s.
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Etymology
Origin of ls
from Latin locus sigilli
Example Sentences
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Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
He said the committee also did not ignore lopsided losses: Two of Kansas’ seven Ls came in March to Texas, a No. 2 seed, by 16 and 20 points.
From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2023
“If we can string a couple wins together — and I think we’ve been playing good basketball, even with some of the Ls that we’ve had,” LeBron James said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023
“Our schedule gets no easier, so we have to get better quickly. If we don’t, the Ls are going to start piling up.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022
He pointed at the cop’s pad of paper and added: “Gots two Ls at the end of the first part, Rondell.”
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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