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The phrase "almost complete silencing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is a significant reduction in sound or communication, but not a total absence.
Example: "The debate ended in almost complete silencing of opposing views, leaving only one perspective to dominate the discussion."
Alternatives: "nearly total silence" or "practically complete quiet".
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By 24 h after the last injection, almost complete silencing of MGMT (∼95% reduction) was evident in all of the mice treated with scL-p53.
Compared to the untreated T98G cells, there was almost complete silencing of MGMT expression by 16 h, which lasted at least to 24 h post-transfection.
No effect on SOX10 levels was seen at either 72 or 96 h time points after transfection, despite almost complete silencing of merlin (Fig. 6).
After the accomplishment of almost complete silencing of each integrin subunit, we observed that only hMSC deficient for α2 or α11 integrins exhibited adhesion, spreading and migration deficits on collagen I while α1-deficient cells behaved similarly to control hMSC.
Consistent with the phenomena of almost complete silencing in MSCI and postmeiotic RS-specific escape gene activation, RNAPII was largely depleted from the X chromosome in PS and slightly increased in RS (Fig. 2b, c).
The decrease in CLDN16 transcription is consistent with the almost complete silencing of the cis-located allele; however, attempts to confirm silencing of the XIST-associated allele by FISH failed, presumably due to the relatively low expression levels of CLDN16.
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The pope's speech was received in almost complete silence, according to reports.
During one of those occasional intervals of almost complete silence a lady broke it by saying,….
Following the intense media scrutiny after the attack and during the trial, there is now almost complete silence around him.
The ball is snapped, there is a thump, and Pochman's kick tumbles into almost complete silence.
And Bond remembers with amusement Gaskill delaying rehearsals of the final scene, which is performed in almost complete silence, because he thought it wasn't finished.
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