the status quo
noun
: the current situation : the way things are now
He's content with the status quo and isn't looking for change.
She wants to maintain the status quo.
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Other than Bonnie having a new bestie and Buzz and Jessie getting married, the status quo is essentially unchanged, in contrast to the way the last two installments shook things up in a massive way with their endings.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
After all, Boy George is the performer who arrived in the early '80s in a swirl of makeup, ribbons and gender-blurring style that a lot of the culture found genuinely alarming when visible, joyful androgyny read as provocation to the status quo.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Scientists who model how organisms gather food, for instance, have found that survival could depend on one’s foraging strategy, like whether to aim high or settle for the status quo.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 19 June 2026
In fact, the status quo might never be achieved in that critical economic waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
—Justin Fishel, ABC News, 18 June 2026
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026
After all, Boy George is the performer who arrived in the early '80s in a swirl of makeup, ribbons and gender-blurring style that a lot of the culture found genuinely alarming when visible, joyful androgyny read as provocation to the status quo.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Scientists who model how organisms gather food, for instance, have found that survival could depend on one’s foraging strategy, like whether to aim high or settle for the status quo.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 19 June 2026
In fact, the status quo might never be achieved in that critical economic waterway, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
—Justin Fishel, ABC News, 18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for the status quo
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“The status quo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20status%20quo. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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