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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And with the Panthers playing a first-place schedule next year, the talent level has to improve to even stay at the status quo.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
Given its recent results against Team USA, is the status quo going to be good enough here?
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Defenders of the status quo noted that the postwar period was a time of unprecedented peace, free of the great-power wars that had killed about a hundred million people in the previous century.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
In any case, any attempt at regime change could provoke violent resistance from the army and a plethora of militias invested in the status quo.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
Given its recent results against Team USA, is the status quo going to be good enough here?
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Defenders of the status quo noted that the postwar period was a time of unprecedented peace, free of the great-power wars that had killed about a hundred million people in the previous century.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
In any case, any attempt at regime change could provoke violent resistance from the army and a plethora of militias invested in the status quo.
—Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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 15 Jan. 2026.
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