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The phrase "almost complete absence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is nearly nonexistent or very minimal in quantity or presence.
Example: "The report indicated an almost complete absence of evidence to support the claims made."
Alternatives: "nearly total lack" or "practically no presence".
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There was an almost complete absence of possessions.
The almost complete absence of juvenile dinosaur remains was puzzling until the 1980s.
Such is today's Britain – lost, disoriented and suffering an almost complete absence of principled political and business leadership.
(The almost complete absence of air means that the water within the tubes can boil at much lower temperatures).
Typically for rural Tanzania, these areas combine tranquillity and staggering natural beauty with an almost complete absence of cash.
But the almost complete absence of sword damage on the skeletons probably makes those latter explanations less likely.
The recent political attention on Kashmir has coincided with an almost complete absence of violence during the past week.
That is the explanation for the UK's almost complete absence from the political as well as military battlefield".
Finally, it's good to see that despite the almost complete absence of advertising to promote the event, people are keeping track of it.
The more sober outists privately acknowledge that the almost complete absence of significant business support is one of their greatest weaknesses.
Then there is the fudge which has been cooked up by engineering institutions to obscure the almost complete absence of practitioners in engineering departments.
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