I have been removed vs I was removed

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have been removed' is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present. 'I was removed' is in the simple past tense, indicating an action that happened at a specific point in the past.

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I have been removed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

This phrase is used when you want to express that the action of being removed started in the past and has an impact on the present. It implies a connection between the past and the present.

Examples:

I have been removed from the project due to my absence.
She has been removed from the team for violating the rules.

Alternatives:

I have been taken out
I have been excluded
I have been ousted
I have been eliminated
I have been expelled

I was removed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the simple past tense, indicating an action that happened at a specific point in the past.

This phrase is used when you want to describe an action that took place at a specific time in the past. It does not imply a connection to the present.

Examples:

I was removed from the meeting yesterday.
He was removed from the position last month.

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A woman requested another doctor, and I was removed from the case.
I was removed from the Tekken town.
I was removed from power by then.
Comrade lieutenant, Ivan Orestovich, I was removed from flights.
I am returning to my profession that I was removed from.
This led to a full-scale investigation, and I was removed from the house for three days, until they finally decided to ask how I got the bruises.
Woody, out of curiosity, where did you stand when I was removed from office?
I was removed from flights.
The essay's underground distribution and publication abroad turn him into a dissident: "I was removed from top secret work and 'relieved' of my privileges in the Soviet 'Nomenclatura,'" Sakharov recalled later.

Alternatives:

I got removed
I was taken out
I was excluded
I was ousted
I was eliminated

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I have been removed vs I was removed