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    LS
    left side.
  • L.S.
    L.S.
    abbreviation
    Licentiate in Surgery.
  • ls
    ls
    abbreviation
    (on a document) the place of the seal

LS

1 American  
  1. left side.

  2. letter signed.

  3. library science.

  4. lightship.


L.S. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Licentiate in Surgery.

  2. Linnaean Society.

  3. the place of the seal, as on a document; locus sigilli. Also l.s.


LS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Lesotho (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ls 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. (on a document) the place of the seal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ls 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Lesotho

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ls

from Latin locus sigilli

Example Sentences

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LS lowers its forecast for company’s 2026 operating profit by 30%.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Last week, LS Power, an investor and operator, agreed to buy a group of Calpine plants.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 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

Less well known in the U.S. than in his native England, L.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

The Ayres clock has been located at that corner since 1936 and was named for the L.S.

From Washington Times Sep. 5, 2020

On the television jury were producer Richard Frank, producer and writer Diane English, Gazzale, actor and producer Jon Hamm, professor Darnell Hunt, professor L.S.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2016

In 1993 the trust's collection comprised over 200 works of art by artists such as John Piper, Ceri Richards, Josef Herman, L.S.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2013

Again: just before the quotation cited by L.S.

From Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 by Various

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

It ls already too late to save this year’s pantos, which many theaters rely on for essential income.

From Seattle Times Sep. 30, 2020

Longitudinal section of flower; v, bracteole on the peduncle; l, sepals; ls, appendage of sepal; c, petals; cs, spur of the lower petals; fs, glandular appendage of the lower stamens; a, anthers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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