status

Example Sentences

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While their top-flight status is far from guaranteed despite the win, what it does is allow Leeds to breathe a little easier while piling the pressure on fellow strugglers Tottenham, West Ham and Nottingham Forest.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Figueiredo -- grandson of the last general to preside over Brazil during the 1964-1985 dictatorship -- said that Ramagem's immigration status was legal, and that he has a pending asylum application.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Messi, considered by many the greatest soccer player of all time, has helped cement Miami’s status as a center for soccer and other international sporting events.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Besides the practical value of someone to cook and clean, owning servants was a status symbol an ambitious young attorney needed to impress neighbors and legal clients.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis