How to Use the status quo in a Sentence

the status quo

noun
  • That should not be the status quo.
    — Jim Defede, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Even some Democrats have railed against the status quo.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
  • In other words, the status quo of ed tech is bleak.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • And even tweaking the status quo might not be enough.
    — Gisela Carere, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the status quo makes an easy target.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • But those limits are just the status quo.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This doesn’t mean the status quo is perfect.
    — Will Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • But the status quo is not working.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In other words, the status quo wasn’t good enough.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Your boyfriend clearly likes the status quo.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • So, the status quo was maintained.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But that monotony is the status quo in Chicago.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The goal should be to preserve the status quo, which has worked for the past four decades.
    — David C. Kang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Netanyahu later said the status quo at the site would not change.
    — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • But a drive to preserve the status quo was winning out.
    — Hannah Selinger, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
  • As a result, the new rules are looking a lot like the status quo.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In some way, he was inspired by rebelling against the status quo.
    — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
  • No longer pushing against the status quo, my job was less of a struggle.
    — Dr. Melody Glenn, Time, 2 July 2025
  • From my vantage point, the status quo is not working.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • One wonders about the motives of those who want to keep the status quo in place.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2025
  • Doing so, and going toe-to-toe with the status quo, is risky.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Lin wrote that the order restores the status quo.
    — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • What cannot continue is the status quo.
    — Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Maybe you were frustrated by the status quo.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But maintaining the status quo won’t fix them.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Payton’s putting a lot of faith in a good group of coaches to squeeze more out of the status quo.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
  • All of us who are frustrated by the status quo must make our voices heard.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The Ravens didn’t hire Minter to maintain the status quo.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • And yet the impression, for now, is of a return to the status quo ante.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
  • People do not run for office to maintain the status quo.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025

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