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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He unseated an incumbent senator.
The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Start with a ranked win over Kansas, when the Tigers unseated the No. 1 team in the country.
—Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
The meet record for St. John’s Prep unseated the prior mark set back in 2019.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
The service gained 600,000 users overnight and became the top app in Apple’s iOS app store, unseating ChatGPT.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Unseat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unseat. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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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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