silence
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Once the immune threat has passed, other proteins modify BCL6 so that it can no longer silence those genes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
"In listening to the monal, we hear the Himalayas asking for space, silence and care," says Prakash.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
I kept my silence during the family conference calls, except for telling his brother what my financial adviser told me.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
But she fell into an uncharacteristic silence after the screenshots were published on Thursday, broken only by a brief comment of "I have complete confidence in Jordan" to La Tribune Dimanche newspaper this weekend.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the silence that followed, Mary’s labored breathing seemed especially loud.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Instead her loss was described as a "late miscarriage", which she said "silences you further".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Gilligan loves silences and uses them in long stretches, allowing — or, perhaps more accurately, demanding — his audience to figure out what’s happening on their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Mr. Blum’s direction doesn’t allow for enough speaking silences, which might allow the characters’ interior lives to be discerned more clearly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
What’s Next: Denali recently began clinical trials of a treatment that silences the genetic instructions for the Alzheimer’s tau protein.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
And I knew that he would not go; I saw it in his long silences, in the set of his lips, in his eyes that seemed focused on invisible objects for a long time.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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When the researchers genetically silenced the somatostatin neurons, the mice that received the cannabinoid became less likely to avoid the predator odor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“This represents an important victory for the principle that women who speak out about sexual abuse should not be silenced by NDAs that contravene California law,” Barnett attorney Rosengart said in the notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, said artists should "not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
“Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed,” Finneas, who is the brother of singer Billie Eilish, said on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Doxology’s loud off-beat hoofsteps silenced the night people until after he had passed.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Mookie Betts drove a deep fly ball to the warning track, momentarily silencing the crowd, until Mitchell closed his glove around it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Researchers have explored gene silencing approaches using siRNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, and CRISPR.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Fed’s blackout period begins Sept. 5, silencing policymakers until the day after the meeting ends.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The silencing of the press and scapegoating of desperate sailors does not hide Hegseth’s mess.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The room was in an uproar when a bat veered through the doorway and crashed onto the table, silencing everyone.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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