as in deposing
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago
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Recent Examples of dethroning
Honey scent fragrances are quietly dethroning the clean laundry perfumes that defined the last few years, and the shift says something about what people want from a signature scent right now.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Less than two months after dethroning Cargill, Ripley is highly unlikely to lose that title so quickly.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Drake’s new music, arriving two years after the crux of his musical feud with Kendrick Lamar, is setting records right and left, even dethroning Michael Jackson.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
The Pioneers made the Frozen Four by dethroning Western Michigan, a 6-2 blitz set off by four first-period goals.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Movie pulled in $130 million from 4,200 North American theaters to arrive as the year’s biggest opening — dethroning the Ryan Gosling sci-fi crowd pleaser Project Hail Mary, which claimed the title of 2026’s biggest debut just seven days earlier.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
There hasn’t been much KP hasn’t been able to hurdle, and that showed in double-overtime wins over Canton in the second round and Pembroke in the quarterfinals, before dethroning defending state champion Medfield in the semifinals.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Paramount had raised its bid, dethroning Netflix in the jockeying for the fabled studio.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
Plus, Amazon just snagged the top spot on the Fortune 500 from Walmart, dethroning it from a 13-year reign.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Less than two months after dethroning Cargill, Ripley is highly unlikely to lose that title so quickly.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Drake’s new music, arriving two years after the crux of his musical feud with Kendrick Lamar, is setting records right and left, even dethroning Michael Jackson.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
The Pioneers made the Frozen Four by dethroning Western Michigan, a 6-2 blitz set off by four first-period goals.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Movie pulled in $130 million from 4,200 North American theaters to arrive as the year’s biggest opening — dethroning the Ryan Gosling sci-fi crowd pleaser Project Hail Mary, which claimed the title of 2026’s biggest debut just seven days earlier.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
There hasn’t been much KP hasn’t been able to hurdle, and that showed in double-overtime wins over Canton in the second round and Pembroke in the quarterfinals, before dethroning defending state champion Medfield in the semifinals.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Paramount had raised its bid, dethroning Netflix in the jockeying for the fabled studio.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
Plus, Amazon just snagged the top spot on the Fortune 500 from Walmart, dethroning it from a 13-year reign.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dethroning
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Then came Obiang, who took power in 1979 by deposing his uncle, Nguema, and overturned the ban.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time.—
Nikiya Carrero,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Instead of freezing or toppling, the control software reacts immediately, reads the irregular momentum, and adjusts the next steps.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Dec. 2025
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Defrosted from the Arctic ice thanks to a nuclear test, the big dino lays waste to New York, toppling buildings and bringing with it a deadly prehistoric plague that’s frankly scarier in the COVID era than the giant monster is.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Josh, however, did become de facto day-to-day manager of the Nuggets for several months during the 2024-25 season after sacking head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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But so far the government has decided not to intervene by sacking him and backpedalling on allowing Russia to participate.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Media covered the story briefly before dismissing it as youthful overreaction or isolated activism.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Mirren is dismissing talk that there is a beef between the costars.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
Verb
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The Spurs seemed emotionally spent after exhausting all of their energy in unseating the defending champions.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The bank was a founding partner of the Valkyries, who already rank as the WNBA’s most valuable team at $850 million; the Warriors are the NBA’s most valuable, unseating the Knicks’ stranglehold on the spot in 2023, per ’s rankings.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2026
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“Dethroning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dethroning. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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