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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Trump’s transition team said his picks match a ‘mandate’ from voters to ‘change the status quo.’
For weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism over his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary.
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
The water crisis has enabled a lot of us to think differently, to refuse the status quo, to not be OK with how things are, but to reimagine how things can be, and not to just think about it, but put it into play.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
The book's central argument is that the repetition of these talking points across party lines creates a centrist consensus that maintains the status quo, even as the climate crisis worsens.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Those on the right-flank will have an easier time disrupting the status quo next year — and some are already vowing to do so.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
The water crisis has enabled a lot of us to think differently, to refuse the status quo, to not be OK with how things are, but to reimagine how things can be, and not to just think about it, but put it into play.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
The book's central argument is that the repetition of these talking points across party lines creates a centrist consensus that maintains the status quo, even as the climate crisis worsens.
—Anna Broughel, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Those on the right-flank will have an easier time disrupting the status quo next year — and some are already vowing to do so.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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