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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a virtual absence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is almost completely missing or not present at all, often in a figurative sense.
Example: "Despite the team's efforts, there was a virtual absence of communication between departments, leading to confusion and delays."
Alternatives: "a near absence" or "an almost complete lack".
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His expressive body makes up for a virtual absence of props.
Hot deserts are characterized by low, variable rainfall, high evapotranspiration and a virtual absence of effective precipitation.
There has been a virtual absence of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians since the start of the Palestinian uprising in September 2000.
Search Paris under Yelp's "hotwords" program for brasserie, and you'll fine a virtual absence of the word in peripheral residential neighbourhoods like the 15th and 20th arrondissements.
But with a virtual absence of contrivance, the director and screenwriter, Pavel Chukhrai, has him personify nothing less than the entire Russian people under Stalin as well.
The islands are picturesque, surrounded by extensive reefs and lagoons; they are rugged and well forested, with a virtual absence of animal life and an abundance of rivers.
The health of imaged regions was further confirmed by a virtual absence of spectrin breakdown, which is induced by calpain activation in damaged CNS tissue.
There is a growing number of nutraceutical products for promoting tractability and reducing anxiety in horses, despite a virtual absence of scientific assessment of these products.
"There is a virtual absence as yet of any policy accomplishments that might, to a fair-minded nonpartisan, count as the flesh on the bones of so-called compassionate conservatism," he says.
There's a virtual absence of anyone with an XX chromosome on prestige panels at the biggest conferences of the industry calendar, and that's just the stuff the public sees.
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Contrarily, all GADPH-sets are present in sample B. Their 3'/5'-ratio consequently can be attributed more reliably to the amplification bias whereas that of sample A simply reflects the virtual absence of GADPH-transcripts.
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