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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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
But those limits are just the status quo.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
But those limits are just the status quo.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Washington needs to break from the status quo.
—Eyck Freymann, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Everyone appears to be unhappy with the status quo.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2025
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 9 Nov. 2025.
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