status in quo
Example Sentences
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Action in such a sphere would be hopelessly jerky; with Zeno's flying arrow it would just always rest in statu quo, though its status in quo might have an indefinite series of positions.
From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.
Since that time you have been taking your daily dose only to preserve the status in quo.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
But, then, in order to calculate the probabilities of the crisis, an examination of the status in quo was necessary.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
It is very desirable that we should be free to accept the status in quo, whatever it may be.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
But as to proving the case against me, Daniel was at liberty to experiment with the status in quo.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
