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present participle of unseat

unseating

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noun

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Recent Examples of unseating
Noun
But unseating Healey in Democrat and progressive Massachusetts will be a herculean task. Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 For Windows users, nothing has come close to unseating Chrome’s de facto default status in the Windows ecosystem or even denting its market share. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 3 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 Daniel Jones has emerged victorious for the starting job, unseating young signal caller Anthony Richardson for the job. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseating
Noun
  • After Upton Stout drew a pass-interference penalty on an apparent fourth-and-3 overthrow toward Cooper Kupp in the end zone, Zach Charbonnet scored on a 1-yard run for a 7-7 tie early in the second quarter.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • New York made four errors on the evening, including two overthrows that led to multiple free bases on the same play.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Powerful straight-line winds that strafed Carmichael neighborhoods, toppling trees and sending roof shingles and patio furniture flying, blew in on the coattails of thunderstorms that struck the Sacramento area Tuesday.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Esmerelda in particular is one-note, nothing but a vain narcissist obsessed with toppling Ned.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While no service can guarantee the complete removal of your data from the internet, a data removal service is really a smart choice.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • With Brown's impending court date set for later this month, Republicans are calling for the removal of Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who lawmakers argue didn't hold Brown accountable for his past alleged crimes.
    Tierra Cunningham, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Giants largely held Jayden Daniels in check, particularly after halftime, while sacking him 3 times.
    Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Micah Parsons #1 of the Green Bay Packers reacts after sacking Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on September 07, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Beginning in 2012, Duke reached six bowl games in seven seasons under longtime coach David Cutcliffe before a three-year down period led to his ouster.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The overhaul marks the first major move by CEO and President Maziar Mike Doustdar, who took the reins at the pharma giant last month following the surprise ouster of Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen.
    Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In December 2023, the Eras tour became the highest-grossing tour of all time, amassing over $1 billion, dethroning Elton John's years-long Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, per Rolling Stone.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • As for Battlefield 6 and Black Ops 7 going head-to-head this fall, there is some sense that BF6 may have a real shot at dethroning the king at this point.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • His colleagues, four justices appointed by President Lula and his left-wing predecessor Dilma Rousseff, will follow (De Moraes was nominated by Michel Temer, the center right president that succeeded Dilma after impeachment).
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has railed against unfavorable judicial rulings and in one case called for the impeachment of a federal judge in Washington who ordered planeloads of deported immigrants to be turned around.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The 1876 expulsion and fire are part of the historical record.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Directed by Hayes from his own script, Pools casts rising star Odessa A’zion as Kennedy, a rebellious college student who has one day to get her life together or face expulsion.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Unseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseating. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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