status quo
Example Sentences
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"I just hope that enough people are fed up with the status quo."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
He ordered the two sides to meet in hopes of preserving the status quo until he rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
A Paramount spokesperson told Variety that the company is "grateful for the Court’s swift order" and underlined that it "preserves the status quo while the Court considers the antitrust issues presented."
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Bankruptcy and a debt-management plan are not easy, but they beat the status quo.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
There were restaurants and nightclubs, a lot of them foreign-owned, that served a mixed clientele, black people who hated the status quo and white people who simply thought it ridiculous.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
