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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Leaders must accept that the status quo isn’t working.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Many of these challengers are Generation Z or millennials calling for a generational shake-up in national politics against lawmakers who are accepting of the status quo.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
Hoffman also sees fashion as a collaborative effort, but one that requires greater buy-in to overhaul so brands aren’t constantly at the whims of a broken system that is vulnerable to the slightest deviation from the status quo.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
Freezing the status quo in place prevents hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela from imminent termination of their parole status by the Trump administration.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Many of these challengers are Generation Z or millennials calling for a generational shake-up in national politics against lawmakers who are accepting of the status quo.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
Hoffman also sees fashion as a collaborative effort, but one that requires greater buy-in to overhaul so brands aren’t constantly at the whims of a broken system that is vulnerable to the slightest deviation from the status quo.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
Freezing the status quo in place prevents hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela from imminent termination of their parole status by the Trump administration.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 May 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 24 May. 2025.
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