How to Use status quo in a Sentence
status quo
noun
- He is content with the status quo and does not like change.
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But for now, the status quo has not budged, The New York Times says.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
3 June 2022
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If the worst-case scenario is the same as the status quo, what is there to lose?
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Grayson Quay,
The Week,
8 Mar. 2022
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What is the status quo around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif?
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Yasmeen Serhan,
Time,
4 Jan. 2023
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Voters have cried out for a change from the status quo.
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Samantha Schmidt,
Washington Post,
19 June 2022
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But the status quo is something that Ben Gvir and Smotrich can work with.
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Bernard Avishai,
The New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2023
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Their first goal is to maintain the status quo at any cost.
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Hannah Grossman,
Fox News,
12 July 2022
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That status quo is defined by the outcome if the Supreme Court didn’t take up the case at all.
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Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
9 Feb. 2022
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But Schultz may not be able to persuade workers to stick to the status quo.
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN,
29 Mar. 2022
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The status quo allows for Muslims alone to worship at the site, where the Al-Aqsa mosque stands.
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Peter Aitken,
Fox News,
6 Jan. 2023
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Dating Investors seem to have grown bored of the status quo.
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Laura Forman,
WSJ,
12 May 2022
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The book became a guide for many restaurateurs fed up with the status quo.
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Ali Francis,
Bon Appétit,
2 Aug. 2022
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The culture has shifted too much for the status quo to remain in place.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
29 Apr. 2022
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Metal was for people like us who didn’t fit in with the status quo.
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Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
15 Feb. 2022
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And each one preserves the commission status quo, at least in the short run.
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Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2024
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The thought of taking a risk and giving up the security of the status quo could be scary.
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Chicago Tribune,
2 Nov. 2022
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Putin retreats and the pre-war status quo is reestablished.
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Mark Cancian,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2022
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That’s a lot of money to spend on a horrific status quo.
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Jennifer Egan,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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The day until which Smart-TD, the last union to reject the September deal, has agreed to maintain the status quo.
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Ananya Bhattacharya,
Quartz,
1 Dec. 2022
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What’s not said is that the quiet status quo at the outpost could change at any moment.
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Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2022
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The goal is to drag out the debate and introduce doubt where there shouldn’t be in order to defend the status quo.
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Jan Dutkiewicz,
The New Republic,
14 Nov. 2022
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And to what degree was this more of the status quo, but just in a more aggressive fashion?
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Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
9 July 2022
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When this happens, the mark of their achievement goes with them, and office practices go back to the status quo.
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Cathrin Stickney,
Fortune,
15 Mar. 2022
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To do nothing would be a signal to fans that the status quo is acceptable.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Dec. 2022
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But that development, while keeping much of the rest of the car status quo has led to the weight concerns.
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Nathan Brown,
The Indianapolis Star,
19 Jan. 2022
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The Crimsons have come close in the last few years, but Male once again protected the status quo of the rivalry.
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J.l. Kirven,
The Courier-Journal,
29 May 2022
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The terms of the expiring agreement will remain in force under the status quo.
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San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Mar. 2022
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In much of the world, people are dissatisfied with the status quo and eager to see changes for the better.
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Monitor Reviewers,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Aug. 2022
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Other artists, writers and intellectuals sought to counter the industrial status quo.
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Anne Wallentine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Oct. 2024
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Especially in tech, where all-male leadership teams and staff aren’t uncommon, hiring for culture fit can be code for status quo and a disaster for gender diversity.
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Alex Ford,
Forbes,
18 Oct. 2024
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