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Recent Examples of unseat Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, where Bresnahan unseated longtime Democratic Representative Matthew Cartwright last year, is emblematic of the seats Democrats are hoping to win back in the midterms. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 Trump carried the district in 2024, and Kaptur only narrowly fended off Republican Derek Merrin, who came within 2,922 votes of unseating her. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025 Museveni is seeking another term to extend his nearly 40-year grip on Uganda, which makes unseating him a tall order even for Wine. Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Forget unseating the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC East. Jim Barnes august 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unseat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseat
Verb
  • When Nkrumah was deposed, all these films were destroyed by his successors, who wanted to erase all evidence of his rule.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, the president’s lawyers reportedly pushed for Murdoch to be deposed within 15 days due to his age.
    Martina Di Licosa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • No subsequent franchise title has been able to topple that record, although many are betting on Last Rites to do just that.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But that dynasty has long been loathed by Thailand’s powerful conservative and royalist establishment which, with the help of both the military and courts, has frequently toppled or tied up Shinawatra-run governments.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That those women and men who died to end slavery, to win basic rights, to win the vote, to dethrone monarchs and destroy the ancien régime, to fight Czarism and fascism and Nazism and imperialism and apartheid, were in some way our moral betters.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Whether or not the Falcons have enough to finally dethrone the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as NFC South champions, though, remains to be seen.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseat. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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