: 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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Thong expects the overall policy status quo to persist even under a coalition government, noting that common ground policies will be easier to enact such as investment in renewables, regional investment, and further social spending and tax cuts.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
This new increase recommended Sunday by Gov. Newsom will certainly shake up the tax credit status quo.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Many Israelis feel that a return to the pre–October 7 status quo would be unacceptable.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
In the upheaval that would follow, and eventually the new status quo, what role would bitcoin play?
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
This new increase recommended Sunday by Gov. Newsom will certainly shake up the tax credit status quo.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Many Israelis feel that a return to the pre–October 7 status quo would be unacceptable.
—Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
In the upheaval that would follow, and eventually the new status quo, what role would bitcoin play?
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Status quo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/status%20quo. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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