silenced

Example Sentences

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So far, an army of coders who love it have silenced many skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Benn silenced his doubters by winning the rematch and he will have plenty more waiting in the wings to make a case for why he cannot win a world title.

From BBC

That took the wind out of the crowd's sails and Murrayfield, marking 100 years of international rugby, was silenced again moments before half-time when Scotland were caught sleeping and Sititi put Jordan away.

From BBC

PU.1 is a protein that binds to specific DNA regions, helping control which genes are activated or silenced.

From Science Daily

As the brain gets older, IGF2 activity declines as the gene becomes chemically silenced within the hippocampus.

From Science Daily