unseated; unseating; unseats
1
: to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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Examples of unseat in a Sentence
He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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Voters are electing a National Assembly, which will choose whether to keep or unseat President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Across the state, Republican incumbents were unseated by challengers, both in March and in subsequent runoffs.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2024
This beautifully chaotic film became the highest-grossing A24 movie (until Civil War unseated it in 2024) and swept at the Oscars in 2023.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
That same year, the activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 led a campaign that unseated three Exxon Mobil board members and replaced them with directors more sensitive to climate risk.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
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Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Across the state, Republican incumbents were unseated by challengers, both in March and in subsequent runoffs.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2024
This beautifully chaotic film became the highest-grossing A24 movie (until Civil War unseated it in 2024) and swept at the Oscars in 2023.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
That same year, the activist hedge fund Engine No. 1 led a campaign that unseated three Exxon Mobil board members and replaced them with directors more sensitive to climate risk.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
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unseat
verb
un·seat
ˌən-ˈsēt 
ˈən-
1
: to throw from one's seat especially on horseback
2
: to remove from a place or position
especially
: to remove from political office
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