as in deposing
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 unseating
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
Noun
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
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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
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Fields, who went 7-of-11 on the day, had a few overthrows on plays that likely were sacks.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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
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Esmerelda in particular is one-note, nothing but a vain narcissist obsessed with toppling Ned.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Spurs released a statement late on Sunday night clarifying their position following days of speculation after the removal of Daniel Levy as executive chairman on Thursday.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Yet despite pushing for the changes, supervisors voted on none of them — allowing the removal to occur without a formal public input process.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the 2024-25 NBA season, Josh, who serves as the Denver Nuggets’ CEO and team president, was instrumental in sacking head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The results also come on the heels of Qantas recently being hit with a record A$90 million penalty for illegally sacking 1,800 ground staff.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That was until additional tips to the company’s hotline led to an investigation and Freixe’s ouster.—
Ian Chaffee,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the ouster of Saddam Hussein, the use of the military as leverage to dismantle a criminal regime won't leave Venezuela without leadership.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Protesters, many older adults, were calling for the expulsion of the Israel-Premier Tech team which was stopped last week during a time trial by activists holding Palestinian flags.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.—
Andres Oppenheimer
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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