status quo

Example Sentences

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Shaw has framed her campaign as a populist effort against a failed and self-interested status quo establishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“People are sick and tired of a broken status quo; they’re ready for change.”

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

At its best, conservatism doesn’t try to freeze the status quo or move us back to some imagined golden age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

But he also said it again illustrates how CEQA’s “across-the-board rule that always favors the status quo ... is not a very practical” one, said Elmendorf, who tracks environmental legislation that affects housing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

We were taking a stand against his insistence on a segregated Birmingham—and against the status quo.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry