as in normality
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo
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Recent Examples of status quo
But that law explicitly provided that the enhanced subsidies would expire this December — and the market would revert to the pre-pandemic Obamacare status quo.
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Sally C. Pipes, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
No surprises with availability report Everything is essentially status quo for the Hurricanes.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But little by little, a new wave of neuroscientists started questioning this status quo, Andrillon said.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Greg Abbott is the candidate of status quo, of the insider club enriching themselves with our taxpayer dollars.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Sally C. Pipes, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
No surprises with availability report Everything is essentially status quo for the Hurricanes.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
But little by little, a new wave of neuroscientists started questioning this status quo, Andrillon said.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Greg Abbott is the candidate of status quo, of the insider club enriching themselves with our taxpayer dollars.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status quo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for status quo
normality
Noun
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Strength in this area transcends all career levels and separates excellence from normality.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Omar’s office is characterized by pristine normality — with its glass walls and desktop computers, its phones and its headsets.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
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