as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a governor who was unseated by the first successful recall in the state's history
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Recent Examples of unseat
In February 2000, Son briefly unseated Bill Gates to become the world's richest person for three days.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Vang is part of a cadre of progressive young people who are trying to unseat longtime establishment incumbents.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Orbán’s main challenger in the April 12 vote, Péter Magyar of the center-right Tisza party, launched his campaign to unseat his former ally on Sunday, pledging to fight corruption and restore Hungary’s alignment toward Western Europe.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Vang is part of a cadre of progressive young people who are trying to unseat longtime establishment incumbents.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Orbán’s main challenger in the April 12 vote, Péter Magyar of the center-right Tisza party, launched his campaign to unseat his former ally on Sunday, pledging to fight corruption and restore Hungary’s alignment toward Western Europe.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Public school teacher Jeromie Whalen will soon pull papers to begin his campaign to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseat
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McIndoe was one of a dozen Los Angeles firefighters deposed in January in a lawsuit filed by Palisades fire victims against the city and the state.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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Those restrictions likely ended once he was deposed, meaning that commercial kilns produced many more ceramics featuring this motif, much of which was exported, Flecker said.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Do the Wolverines have any chance of toppling the top-seeded Trailblazers?—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán doubled down Monday on an unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine is deliberately holding back shipments of Russian oil, and accused Kyiv of seeking to topple his government.—
SAM McNEIL,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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Plus, though last year’s obsession with polka dots hasn’t completely died down, eye-catching horizontal stripes are threatening to dethrone spots as the pattern du jour.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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The English singer and songwriter’s sophomore album had been dethroned for a week, to make way for Karnivool’s comeback album In Verses (via Cymatic Records/Sony Music).—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseat. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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