status quo
Example Sentences
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The goal isn’t to freeze the status quo, but to change the adversary’s calculus on when and whether to move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The court explained that the status quo on mifepristone would remain in place until the Supreme Court deals with a certiorari petition in the case or the 5th Circuit rules on Louisiana’s current appeal.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The MP for Filton and Bradley Stoke said the "harmful status quo" meant her mother died alone in October last year, after living with a rare blood cancer for half her life.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Otherwise, the status quo is maintained, the farmers remain stressed and the next generation is not interested in taking up farming."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Greyhound Bus Line is sufficiently menacing to make me accept my status quo.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
