unseated; unseating; unseats
1
: to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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These results are almost identical to those of the 2021 New England election, as were the results of the race for New England local president, where Slavin once again lost his bid to unseat Andrea Lyman.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Sam Hasan Akkad, one of the candidates hoping to unseat Pacheco, said CalPERS needs to be ready for economic changes and continue improving transparency as means to grow the fund.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The shape of the Cloud AI market today The early days of AI seemed to follow the traditional challenger’s market, where AI startups threatened to unseat cloud incumbents.
—Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, where Bresnahan unseated longtime Democratic Representative Matthew Cartwright last year, is emblematic of the seats Democrats are hoping to win back in the midterms.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Sam Hasan Akkad, one of the candidates hoping to unseat Pacheco, said CalPERS needs to be ready for economic changes and continue improving transparency as means to grow the fund.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The shape of the Cloud AI market today The early days of AI seemed to follow the traditional challenger’s market, where AI startups threatened to unseat cloud incumbents.
—Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, where Bresnahan unseated longtime Democratic Representative Matthew Cartwright last year, is emblematic of the seats Democrats are hoping to win back in the midterms.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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unseat
verb
un·seat
ˌən-ˈsēt 
ˈən-
1
: to throw from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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