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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

LES CAYES, Haiti — A hospital now a shambles, its floors swamped with garbage and water, absent electricity.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2016

On the private industry side of LESs, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule incorporates the rocket motors of the escape mechanism into the sides of the capsule itself, instead of mounting the LES on top.

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

LES MISERABLES.—The only unabridged English translation of "the grandest and best Novel ever written."

From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by Armstrong, William H.