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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Only a small number of challengers have unseated incumbent city council members in the last 20 years, the last time being in 2017.
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Rackauckas was unseated by Todd Spitzer, who ran on a campaign of reform.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Landersman went on to unseat Busse as sheriff.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Rackauckas was unseated by Todd Spitzer, who ran on a campaign of reform.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
Landersman went on to unseat Busse as sheriff.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
But the film’s director is firing back, claiming rivals offered up to $100,000 to unseat his movie.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unseat
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 9 Oct. 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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