: the existing state of affairs
seeks to preserve the status quo
Examples of status quo in a Sentence
He is content with the status quo and does not like change.
civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo
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Ross kept this regime status quo at the end of last season, and then put his wallet away.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
In many of these cases, the incumbents or current leadership were elected to yet another term, signaling that, for the most part, SAG-AFTRA members are fairly satisfied with the current status quo.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
And, perhaps most dangerous still, these dreams of modernity shine an unwanted light on the futile hardship of the family’s status quo.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
In many of these cases, the incumbents or current leadership were elected to yet another term, signaling that, for the most part, SAG-AFTRA members are fairly satisfied with the current status quo.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
And, perhaps most dangerous still, these dreams of modernity shine an unwanted light on the futile hardship of the family’s status quo.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status quo
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“Status quo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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status quo
noun
: the existing state of affairs
specifically
: the last actual and uncontested state of affairs that preceded a controversy and that is to be preserved by preliminary injunction compare status quo ante
Etymology
Latin, state in which
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