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
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Council art collections include works by notable artists like Tracey Emin, David Hockney, LS Lowry and Antony Gormley.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
LS Securities upgrades the stock to buy from hold and raises its target price to 187,000 won from 126,000 won.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
NRG is aiming to close its own significant expansion in early 2026, finalizing a nearly $12 billion acquisition of a portfolio of natural gas-generation facilities from energy infrastructure company LS Power Equity Advisors.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
Their spending included almost £1m on home, garden and stable improvements, £185,000 on art, including a pencil sketch by the artist LS Lowry, and £26,000 on private jet hire.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
CUT TO: LS of block engaged in normal activity.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
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It soon becomes clear that all of the paintings, which include a drawing by English painter L.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Less well known in the U.S. than in his native England, L.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
How a soccer painting sold for $8.75 million: L.S.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
The Ayres clock has been located at that corner since 1936 and was named for the L.S.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2020
Hobbs secon' 'sistant vice Pres'den' D. 'n' L.S.
From Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson
A call for the British Museum to return Chinese artefacts after the recent theft of about 2,000 items ls heating up social media in the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023
In Spanish, double ls are pronounced like y.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
Simpson, wearing a Bills wool hat, recalled how the Bills went 1-17 against Miami during his career in Buffalo, spanning 1969-77, before adding, "My Bi ls are going to kick their butts today."
From Fox News ● Oct. 31, 2021
Simpson, wearing a Bills wool hat, recalled how the Bills went 1-17 against Miami during his career in Buffalo, spanning 1969-77, before adding, “My Bi ls are going to kick their butts today.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
It's also a good bit smaller. $ gunzip mysamplefile.gz; ls -l This uncompresses the file.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen
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