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
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Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
Recent Examples on the Web
The man trying to unseat Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego this November posted a video casting her as demonic on Oct. 11, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, prompting claims of antisemitism.
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Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
Four years ago, incumbent Carroll Fife was recruited by city-worker unions to unseat a more-moderate incumbent.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2024
Independent Dan Osborn is running an unexpectedly competitive Senate race in deep-red Nebraska in his bid to unseat two-term Sen. Deb Fischer in a race that could shake up the fight for control of Congress' upper chamber.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
Popeyes has been open about its ambitions to unseat Chick-fil-A in the chicken sandwich wars from the beginning, but has not yet managed to do so.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
Four years ago, incumbent Carroll Fife was recruited by city-worker unions to unseat a more-moderate incumbent.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2024
Independent Dan Osborn is running an unexpectedly competitive Senate race in deep-red Nebraska in his bid to unseat two-term Sen. Deb Fischer in a race that could shake up the fight for control of Congress' upper chamber.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024
Popeyes has been open about its ambitions to unseat Chick-fil-A in the chicken sandwich wars from the beginning, but has not yet managed to do so.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
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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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