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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Abc News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
With De León politically isolated, Carrillo and Santiago launched campaigns to unseat him instead of seeking reelection to the Assembly.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The research around flow leaves no doubt that flow at least temporarily unseats the ego.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Who triumphs over the greatest challenge of his political career and then can’t stop bitching about the cabinet member who just failed to unseat him?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unseat
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 21 Nov. 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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