How to Use the status quo in a Sentence

the status quo

noun
Definition of the status quonext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • But Netanyahu rejected the Saudi peace plan in favor of the status quo.
    — TIME, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Though the court was not ruling on the merits, its unsigned, one-paragraph order maintained the status quo on access to the drug.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Yet his support reflects how far outside the mainstream some are willing to go to upend the status quo.
    — David Feliba, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But some experts believe the status quo is unlikely to shift.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Hamas was desperate to shatter the status quo and push the Palestinian question back onto the world stage.
    — Jessica Stern, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2023
  • According to the sisters, Gamay makes up less than one percent of the grapes grown in Central Otago, so this wine is an ode to those who rebel against the status quo.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The state legislative season is in full swing, following the status quo–like results of the 2022 elections.
    — Donald Bryson, National Review, 21 Mar. 2023
  • These actions undermine and violate the agreements that frame the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
    — Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In terms of what’s changed, there are now more Republicans who think a default would be either no big deal or even preferable to the status quo.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023

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