removed

[ ri-moovd ]

/ rɪˈmuvd /

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adjective

remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.

distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent.The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.

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1 withdrawn, abstracted; isolated, solitary, apart.

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Origin of removed

First recorded in 1540–50; remove + -ed²

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re·mov·ed·ly

[ri-moo-vid-lee, -moovd-], /rɪˈmu vɪd li, -ˈmuvd-/, adverbre·mov·ed·ness, nounun·re·moved, adjective

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removable cartridge, removable partial denture, removal, removalist, remove, removed, remover, Remscheid, Remsen, REM sleep, remuda

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How to use removed in a sentence

So that kind of removed whatever bias we have … before we even meet the candidate.
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Despite the policy and action, some of the removed posts have been reinstated and other similar posts and pro-conversion therapy pages remain active on the site.
5 things social media platforms can do to combat anti-LGBTQ disinformation|Brianna January|January 7, 2021|Washington Blade
Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
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The police suspect that the other unaccounted for 643,000 bitcoins, were removed from customer accounts via an unknown party.
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Couple removed the weights and continued the session further.
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This week, in response to the report, Apple removed 30 of those groups from their music service.
White Supremacists on Spotify|Caitlin Dickson|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Uber has removed the driver from its service and is complying with the city police.
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Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The dining tables had all been removed to one end of the hall, and the chairs ranged about in rows and in clusters.
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
But there came a day, at last, when the inhabitants of Flatland were far indeed removed from the spirit of merriment.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
By 1740, he was far enough removed from the theater to have a slightly different perspective on language.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope|Colley Cibber

British Dictionary definitions for removed

removed

/ (rɪˈmuːvd) /

adjective

separated by distance or abstract distinction

(postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinshipthe child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed

Derived forms of removed

removedness (rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs), noun

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