1
as in sacking
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country
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2
as in testifying
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact
she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived
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3
as in putting
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table
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Recent Examples of deposing
Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool.
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ABC News,
14 May 2026
The judge also said attorneys across the lawsuits will need to work together to coordinate deposing counselors, campers and staff only one time to minimize harm.
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Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
One of our sources told Gina that getting rid of a sheriff in Alabama is like deposing a king.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time.
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Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the president has brought Russia’s Vladimir Putin out of isolation, stunned the world by deposing Venezuela’s leader and made invasion threats toward Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark.
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Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
To justify going to war against Iraq—which had played no role at all in the 9/11 attacks—Cheney reached into the bureaucracies to cherry-pick intelligence that would support deposing Saddam.
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Karl Vick,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported.
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Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool.
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ABC News,
14 May 2026
The judge also said attorneys across the lawsuits will need to work together to coordinate deposing counselors, campers and staff only one time to minimize harm.
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Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
One of our sources told Gina that getting rid of a sheriff in Alabama is like deposing a king.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time.
—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
At the same time, the president has brought Russia’s Vladimir Putin out of isolation, stunned the world by deposing Venezuela’s leader and made invasion threats toward Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark.
—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
To justify going to war against Iraq—which had played no role at all in the 9/11 attacks—Cheney reached into the bureaucracies to cherry-pick intelligence that would support deposing Saddam.
—
Karl Vick,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
Just five days later, on September 9, demonstrators stormed and set fire to key government buildings, deposing the administration, as the BBC reported.
—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposing
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The result was so emphatic that the Tunisian soccer federation acted fast, sacking manager Sabri Lamouchi just hours after.
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Villa’s then sporting director Monchi reportedly attempting a straight swap of him for goalkeeper Emi Martinez last summer is a sacking offence (perhaps literally).
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Dean was the first high-profile figure to bring attention to the issue, testifying before a House subcommittee in 2020 and appearing at several more in the years that followed.
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Short's outrage stemmed from an assistant football coach and the head of the football booster organization testifying as character witnesses for Isaac Smith, who was convicted of murdering his daughter, Karli Short, and his unborn grandchild in 2021.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bregman both tagged and advanced on the sequence, putting runners on second and third for Suzuki.
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Gakpo's teammates came onto the filed to support him and formed a circle around him, putting their arms around each other as the crowd cheered, as shown in another video shared by Fox Sports.
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On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives.
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In both cases, tornadoes about 200 yards wide traveled roughly 2 miles, toppling trees, tossing lawn furniture and knocking down power lines.
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The system has long been mired in controversy, including exam paper leaks and technical failures, placing a crushing burden on students, and financial strain on families investing everything in their children for a promise that can often appear fragile.
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The game plan in a modern Feeney game revolves around strategically placing the elders in the batting lineup to avoid having two quick strikeouts or slow runners on base.
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Integration Calling genomics the most powerful data asset in biopharma does not mean dismissing other data types.
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For now, Comcast is dismissing M&A talk, but there also is the matter of timing.
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That means tracking everything from shipping to unboxing to situating it in our bedrooms.
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His students had collectively decided to set the play in eighteen-nineties Butte, making the court of Duke Frederick the house of a silver-mining magnate and situating the Forest of Arden in the Absarokas.
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Messi's 17th and subsequent 18th goal during the game set a new bar in the World Cup for top scorer— dethroning Germany's Miroslav Klose who had previously held the record at 16 goals.
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Joe Louis became heavyweight boxing champion of the world by dethroning James Braddock in front of 41,675 paying customers in Comiskey Park.
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“Deposing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposing. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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