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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While Republicans have periodically fielded challengers, no GOP candidate has come close to unseating Thompson or any Democrat post-Civil Rights era.
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Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
While Preckwinkle has been a candidate on Chicagoans’ ballots since 1983 and won her first City Council race in 1991, Reilly also worked behind the scenes in politics since 1995 before unseating the incumbent downtown alderman in 2007.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Several new candidates on Mecklenburg County ballots unseated incumbents this week, with two state lawmaker candidates defeating their opponents in landslides.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
The Nuggets were supposed to unseat OKC.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
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Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
While Preckwinkle has been a candidate on Chicagoans’ ballots since 1983 and won her first City Council race in 1991, Reilly also worked behind the scenes in politics since 1995 before unseating the incumbent downtown alderman in 2007.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Several new candidates on Mecklenburg County ballots unseated incumbents this week, with two state lawmaker candidates defeating their opponents in landslides.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
The Nuggets were supposed to unseat OKC.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 14 Mar. 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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