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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Vang is part of a cadre of progressive young people who are trying to unseat longtime establishment incumbents.
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Orbán’s main challenger in the April 12 vote, Péter Magyar of the center-right Tisza party, launched his campaign to unseat his former ally on Sunday, pledging to fight corruption and restore Hungary’s alignment toward Western Europe.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Now Rubio was telling liberal centrist foreign leaders that their entire outlook was wrong, echoing the far-right populist opponents who might well unseat them in upcoming elections.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Orbán’s main challenger in the April 12 vote, Péter Magyar of the center-right Tisza party, launched his campaign to unseat his former ally on Sunday, pledging to fight corruption and restore Hungary’s alignment toward Western Europe.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Now Rubio was telling liberal centrist foreign leaders that their entire outlook was wrong, echoing the far-right populist opponents who might well unseat them in upcoming elections.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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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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