as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes
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High Culture The biggest buildings mankind never built From the Palace of the Soviets to The Illinois, these unmade buildings would have taken the art of architecture to whole new heights.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Marketing needs to know how decisions get made and unmade at your prospects' companies.
—Alison Murdock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In the aftermath, Connor, one of road decommissioning’s foremost pioneers, set to unmaking what her forebears had built.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The works evoke making and unmaking simultaneously.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Marketing needs to know how decisions get made and unmade at your prospects' companies.
—Alison Murdock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In the aftermath, Connor, one of road decommissioning’s foremost pioneers, set to unmaking what her forebears had built.
—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
The works evoke making and unmaking simultaneously.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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National News Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with ‘delay, deny, depose’ A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone...The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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And from a humanitarian perspective, one of the very worst butchers in recent global history has been deposed.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Huffman fired the starting gun last month on a series of challenges to septuagenarian committee leaders by launching an insurgent bid to topple incumbent ranking member Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.).Andrew Solender, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Photos of the week In pictures: Syrian rebels topple Assad regime 1 of 52 Check out more images, curated by CNN Photos.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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In March, the FBI raided the facility, leading the agency to sack its current warden after less than three months on the job.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Williams drove the Bears into Lions territory in a bid to set up a field goal which would’ve sent the game to overtime, but the 2024 No. 1 overall pick was sacked on second-and-20 from the 35-yard line.Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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The case was previously scheduled to go to trial in August 2025, but is now expected to be dismissed.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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In a June ruling, a federal judge refused to dismiss the case.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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More concerning for Washington and Tokyo, however, is that the potential replacement of Mr. Yoon would deprive the tripartite alliance of a powerful advocate.Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Unmake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmake. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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