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
Better known for reinvention than status quo, L.A. is, in fact, a chamber opera town of renown.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Republican legislators are out bemoaning the dire Indiana revenue forecasts and telling everyone to be prepared for minimal increases, even status quo, in state funding for the next two years (even citing the negative effects of President Donald Trump’s tariff wars).
—Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Another challenger to the PBM status quo agrees about the importance.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Even if the explicit intent was to model a case for the older, gentler cultural status quo, this is a distinctly weird time to do it.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Republican legislators are out bemoaning the dire Indiana revenue forecasts and telling everyone to be prepared for minimal increases, even status quo, in state funding for the next two years (even citing the negative effects of President Donald Trump’s tariff wars).
—Dr. Tony Lux, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Another challenger to the PBM status quo agrees about the importance.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Even if the explicit intent was to model a case for the older, gentler cultural status quo, this is a distinctly weird time to do it.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for status quo
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“Status quo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/status%20quo. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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