dethroned; dethroning; dethrones
: to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence
dethrone a king
trying to dethrone the champion
dethroner
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the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago
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In fact, in 2023 Sephora dethroned Ulta for the first time as Gen Z’s number-one beauty retailer of choice, according to Piper Sandler’s semiannual Taking Stock With Teens Survey, nabbing 37 percent of share while Ulta garnered 32 percent — a 10 percent drop versus 2022.
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Noor Lobad, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
Its emphasis on civilizational identity and antipathy to liberal internationalism creates opportunities for entanglements with illiberal states, such as China and Russia, that share the goal of dethroning Western liberalism and the U.S.-led international order.
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—Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
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
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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Noor Lobad, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
Its emphasis on civilizational identity and antipathy to liberal internationalism creates opportunities for entanglements with illiberal states, such as China and Russia, that share the goal of dethroning Western liberalism and the U.S.-led international order.
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—Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
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
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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“Dethrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dethrone. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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