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.

Examples of the status quo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Managers are busy, organizations have budget constraints, and without your voice, the default is maintaining the status quo—which rarely benefits you. —Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

There are, no doubt, a number of ways to voice your displeasure to a wider audience online, but that will neither restore the status quo ante nor get you an apology — which is presumably the goal. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

Today, legitimacy, that invisible prop of authority, is endangered like never before, as unjust hierarchies become too visible to ignore, and custodians of the status quo have taken an axe to their own prestige. —Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

And under the status quo, unbanked people already lose a large slice of those refunds to fees. —Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026

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