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By being in the environment, hearing the language and most important, understanding the language, somehow or other something kicks in in the brain called the LAD — the language acquisition device.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2023

Dr. McCormack later told me a heart attack that occurs when the LAD is completely or almost completely blocked is commonly known as the widowmaker.

From Fox News • Aug. 23, 2021

CHIEFTAIN'S LAD settled off the pace and off the rail, chased three wide then four wide to the second turn and faded in the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019

He paid tribute to hospital staff who diagnosed a blocked LAD artery - the main artery running down the front of the heart.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2018

One was a butcher's; next to the butcher's was a grocer's, and in its window I saw a card: 'ACTIVE LAD WANTED.'

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various