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dethrone

[dee-throhn] / diˈθroʊn /
VERB
oust
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
crown enthrone put in power


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It also turned Crow-Armstrong into an unlikely favorite to finally dethrone Shohei Ohtani as National League MVP.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The new-look quartet will aim to dethrone the New York Knicks and chase James’s fifth championship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Now, he'll be trying to dethrone 73-year-old Collins in the election.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

Another clip shows Robert Pattinson sporting a platinum blond buzzcut and staring menacingly in his role as Scytale, who is a new addition to the films and is described as wanting to dethrone Atreides.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

We were better equipped than many founders of dynasties had been when they walked north to dethrone an emperor; they had been peasants like us.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

October 14: The Airbus A320 dethrones the Boeing 737 as the leader in terms of all-time aircraft deliveries.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Qualcomm can compete — not as the company that dethrones Nvidia, but as a credible, differentiated option in a fast-growing market.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

“This is precisely why so many economists resist it: because it dethrones their outdated tools and analyses,” she continued.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2022

Why he might not be a jerk: Look, a coach getting really excited when his athlete wins gold and dethrones the world-record holder is not by itself definitive evidence of jerkdom.

From Slate Jul. 26, 2021

Certainly the mind at once dethrones him from his supremacy upon his own tomb, and substitutes an Epaminondas, a Cromwell, a Washington,—what it wills.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various

Thorslund, 32, dethroned Cherneka Johnson in August to claim the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

As the Spurs dethroned the defending champions on their home floor, the 22-year-old Wembanyama didn’t just match the early-career signposts of the greatest players in NBA history.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

Once Protestantism was dethroned, historians excavated almost every part of the nation’s spiritual landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Tesla was dethroned early this year by Chinese automaker BYD as the largest EV seller in the world, but for many Californians, Musk’s signature vehicles are still an obvious choice.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 17, 2026

I spent the rest of the day in shock, reeling at the news that I’d been dethroned.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Shelton, meanwhile, is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a madcap, wee-hours dethroning of defending champ Alcaraz which also went to a fifth-set tiebreak and ran all the way until 3:33 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

China has reclaimed its title as Germany's top trading partner, dethroning the United States after President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught, official data showed Wednesday.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

He isn't thinking about dethroning three-time world champion Karsten Warholm, instead prioritising enjoyment and learning.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

As it continues to grow in popularity across the United States, perhaps dethroning the matcha trend, do as I do and when you see pandan on offer — try it.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2025

The General Election of 1880, by dethroning Lord Beaconsfield and putting Gladstone in power, had fulfilled the strictly political objects which during the preceding three years my friends and I had been trying to attain.

From Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography by George William Erskine Russell




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