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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On Wednesday afternoon, Rosen Gonzalez filed paperwork at City Hall to enter the November mayoral race, hoping to unseat Mayor Steven Meiner, who has not yet filed but is expected to seek reelection after his first two-year term.
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
You season 5 has arrived to end the series, but after a few days on top, it has been unseated by a show that tends to blow up the Netflix top 10 list every weekend.
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He was elected to the U.S. House in 2002, unseating a moderate Republican who had held Maryland's 8th District, representing portions of the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The decision could unseat Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs, who led Griffin by just 734 votes after two recounts in a race that saw over 5.5 million ballots cast.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
You season 5 has arrived to end the series, but after a few days on top, it has been unseated by a show that tends to blow up the Netflix top 10 list every weekend.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
He was elected to the U.S. House in 2002, unseating a moderate Republican who had held Maryland's 8th District, representing portions of the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
—Riley Beggin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The decision could unseat Democratic Associate Justice Allison Riggs, who led Griffin by just 734 votes after two recounts in a race that saw over 5.5 million ballots cast.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 6 May. 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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