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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Abbott decisively beat Huffines in the former senator’s effort to unseat him in 2022.
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austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
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—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
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Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
In a stunning upset, beekeeper and businessman Nate Sheets unseated three-term Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller in Tuesday’s Republican primary.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
Pulido now faces an uphill battle in unseating the Republican Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz.
—Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Juan Beto Ruiz, a political newcomer who hopes to unseat District 16 Lake County Board member Esiah Campos in the March 17 Democratic primary, is attacking the incumbent’s attendance as Campos points to his track record during his first term.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 7 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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