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
Mel Manuel, who is running to unseat far-right House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, released the video on social media platforms on Tuesday.
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 24 Oct. 2024
Engel hopes to unseat a freshman Republican in southern Arizona.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The race: 4th Congressional District Who is running: Democrat Kathryn Harvey is looking to unseat GOP incumbent William Timmons.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
The music superstar made the endorsement in tandem with fellow Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland as part of an event that also featured Willie Nelson, Jessica Alba and Texas Senate candidate Colin Allred, who is vying to unseat Ted Cruz.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2024
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Samantha Riedel, Them, 24 Oct. 2024
Engel hopes to unseat a freshman Republican in southern Arizona.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The race: 4th Congressional District Who is running: Democrat Kathryn Harvey is looking to unseat GOP incumbent William Timmons.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
The music superstar made the endorsement in tandem with fellow Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland as part of an event that also featured Willie Nelson, Jessica Alba and Texas Senate candidate Colin Allred, who is vying to unseat Ted Cruz.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2024
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The story of that secret anti-Maduro effort also lays bare the tensions between an administration with hardliners laser-focused on deposing the Venezuelan autocrat and a CIA deeply reluctant, yet nevertheless obligated, to follow White House orders.Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Louis is slow on the uptake, so Elizabeth finally stops insinuating and just tells him to use Edith to depose the Valois dynasty and take the French throne.Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
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And in Japan this month, the Liberal Democratic Party, which has overseen the nation, with some exceptions, since 1955, was toppled.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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The chili cheese hot dog on a pickle was messy and logistically taxing to eat, as toppings toppled over the sides and juice flowed into the container.Annalise Frank, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Yet the allegations alone could dethrone one of the world’s most popular contemporary artists, whose work, more explicitly than any other, has inserted Black figures into the white art-historical canon.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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One pretty decent horror movie has been dethroned by a truly terrible one in Netflix’s top 10 list today.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseat. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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