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
Dominguez won with 61% of the vote in the Group II race, defeating Fred Karlton after a fierce campaign to try to unseat her.
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
In the attorney general’s race, Democratic nominee Jay Jones will unseat Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, NBC projected.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Democrats have spent millions of dollars trying to unseat him but – with one exception in 2018 – Valadao has defied the odds by winning in a majority-Latino district where Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Bowman is running a long-shot campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Mayor Aftab Pureval in Cincinnati, a city that has voted 3-to-1 Democrat in recent presidential elections.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
In the attorney general’s race, Democratic nominee Jay Jones will unseat Republican incumbent Jason Miyares, NBC projected.
—Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Democrats have spent millions of dollars trying to unseat him but – with one exception in 2018 – Valadao has defied the odds by winning in a majority-Latino district where Democratic voters outnumber Republicans.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Bowman is running a long-shot campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Mayor Aftab Pureval in Cincinnati, a city that has voted 3-to-1 Democrat in recent presidential elections.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseat
Verb
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Attorneys deposing Bovino played him a clip of the incident.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Aetna still doesn’t have the documents needed to figure out who to depose, let alone digest all the evidence and take depositions.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
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Reuters reported in April 2019 that Prince had been shopping a plan to topple the Maduro regime using mercenary soldiers.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Winds have toppled trees and power lines and have flattened homes.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kylie's debut dethroned Joe Rogan, bumping The Joe Rogan Experience down to the second spot.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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What this also means is that Prospect Heights has now dethroned Park Slope from its five-year run as the king of bidding wars.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseat. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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