How to Use the status quo in a Sentence

the status quo

noun

• The price of the status quo is just too high to ignore.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2024
• But settling for the status quo fails to match the moment.
  — Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
• Still, most states and cities remain at the status quo.
  — Ed Tarnowski, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
• Image Streetwear doesn’t need to feel like the status quo.
  — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• And yet the impression, for now, is of a return to the status quo ante.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
• As the sun and Uranus align, the status quo no longer satisfies you.
  — USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
• All of which means that by the start of The Mandalorian‘s proper third season, the status quo has been reset.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
• Doing so, and going toe-to-toe with the status quo, is risky.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• Netanyahu later said the status quo at the site would not change.
  — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
• Shadows would be far from the first sitcom to go out of its way to maintain the status quo.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
• In some way, he was inspired by rebelling against the status quo.
  — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
• The legal actions against Meta serve as a stark reminder that the status quo is not set in stone.
  — Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
• The Supreme Court then intervened and maintained the status quo.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
• What’s the problem with the status quo for agent commissions?
  — Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• But there’s reason to believe the status quo is starting to change.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
• The outcome could reshape the way primaries or run — or protect the status quo.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• But for now, the status quo is both the most prudent and most likely outcome to the Hurley question.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Ek said Spotify would be forced to stick to the status quo if the EU approves Apple’s move.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Europe’s reign over the category is not just a trend but the status quo.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• Courts grant both in order to protect a right or preserve the status quo while a case is pending.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The impetus comes from a younger generation that is more pinched by the status quo and has less to lose by change.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
• Rather, this feels very much like the kind of person — a woman, in particular — who is the status quo.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 21 Dec. 2023
• To not be afraid of the status quo, but instead to use my own inner compass as a way to navigate life.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 June 2023
• When deciding on your next move, focus on what aligns with your goals and values rather than the status quo.
  — Kelli Thompson, Quartz, 17 July 2023
• Maintaining the status quo on the offensive line shouldn’t be enough.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• Hamas’s attack on October 7 shocked the world and upended the status quo in the Middle East.
  — Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2023
• Is having a Voice to Parliament better than the status quo?
  — Karla Grant, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• In Tlingit culture, the story of how the world came to see light starts with a willful bird whose ability to shape-shift shakes up the status quo.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Nov. 2024
• In the years since Boyz, Columbia has continued to challenge the status quo.
  — Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
• There are some guardrails in place that could make changing the status quo on vaccines challenging, however.
  — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024