as in overthrow
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as in deposing
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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Noun
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The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 Mar. 2025 -
That said, removal proceedings could potentially take many years to complete given big backlogs in immigration courts.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then came Ukraine’s Maidan revolution in 2013, when tens of thousands of Ukrainians filled Kyiv’s Maidan square for days before toppling the pro-Russia regime.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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The flower stem can grow to be two to three feet tall or more, often making the plant somewhat top-heavy, so staking or weighing down the container can help prevent the pot from toppling over.—
Janet Carson,
arkansasonline.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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The ouster of Martinez capped a monthslong struggle between the schools chief and City Hall, egged on by Gates’ CTU.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s profoundly unqualified defense secretary, made the malice clear by calling explicitly for Brown’s ouster along with that of any other officer involved with DEI.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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The six-hour meeting in Istanbul last Thursday, where the delegations worked to try to restore the normal functioning of their embassies after years of tit-for-tat expulsions, was the latest sign of a thaw between the two countries.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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On social media, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups, demanded the immediate reversal of three Barnard students’ expulsions.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The intrigue: Rahn, a disabled U.S. Army veteran, worked as a civilian federal government employee for about five years before his dismissal, but was considered probationary because he'd been promoted from the Department of Defense to his role with CISA within the past year.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
1 Mar. 2025
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Some people might say the same about Menke’s dismissal.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Mar. 2025
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The suspension, to Maserati’s credit, can be adjusted— through three firmness settings—independently of other performance parameters.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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The suspension is intended to last as long as negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war play out, officials told the Washington Post. 3.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The letter also asked Carlos Pino to take care of their father, Carlos said during his deposition.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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This process is repeated many times in a series of etching, doping, and deposition steps to create up to one hundred layers; the patterns in those layers end up defining the circuitry of a computer chip.—
Jayson Stewart,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Unseating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseating. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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