1
a
: distant in degree of relationship
b
: of a younger or older generation
a second cousin's child is a second cousin once removed
2
: separate or remote in space, time, or character
Synonyms
Examples of removed in a Sentence
We're looking for an apartment somewhat removed from the noise of downtown.
The child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed.
Recent Examples on the Web
The health insurer relaxed, or removed, prior authorization processes for some claims following the hack, stoking concerns of an increase in medical costs.
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Reuters, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
Honeybees have an extremely acute sense of smell and will be attracted to the site of a previous swarm, long after the removed bees are gone.
—Leah Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Hotels in the Back Bay and Kenmore areas will be steps from the Marathon route and in the center of everything; hotels in Beacon Hill, Government Center and Seaport will be a bit more removed.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Note the removed gray tape on the right side of the floor in the nearby image.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Ironically, this teleporting spike ends up a roving metaphor, too malleable and too removed to echo the characters in the foreground.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
The client preferred the nature connection to the fireplace on the removed wall.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Taking down a dam The vast majority of removed dams have been small, either check dams or those used for water diversions, said Warrick.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Reuters, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
Honeybees have an extremely acute sense of smell and will be attracted to the site of a previous swarm, long after the removed bees are gone.
—Leah Taylor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Hotels in the Back Bay and Kenmore areas will be steps from the Marathon route and in the center of everything; hotels in Beacon Hill, Government Center and Seaport will be a bit more removed.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Note the removed gray tape on the right side of the floor in the nearby image.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
Ironically, this teleporting spike ends up a roving metaphor, too malleable and too removed to echo the characters in the foreground.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
The client preferred the nature connection to the fireplace on the removed wall.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Taking down a dam The vast majority of removed dams have been small, either check dams or those used for water diversions, said Warrick.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Removed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/removed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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