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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But Season 3 goes beyond extending the pre-existing story and meaningfully alters the status quo.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Essentially, no decision can be too terrible because the status quo is already terrible.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Those people have pretended to be censored and had a really hard time, like their speech is being taken away, but they’re being paid millions of dollars by the richest people in the world to protect the status quo.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2025
There is a lot of change needed within the music industry and the whole world… Change does not come from accepting the status quo that exists right now, change comes from [challenging] it.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Essentially, no decision can be too terrible because the status quo is already terrible.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Those people have pretended to be censored and had a really hard time, like their speech is being taken away, but they’re being paid millions of dollars by the richest people in the world to protect the status quo.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2025
There is a lot of change needed within the music industry and the whole world… Change does not come from accepting the status quo that exists right now, change comes from [challenging] it.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 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 20 Oct. 2025.
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