status quo

noun

-ˈkwō How to pronounce status quo (audio)
Definition of status quonext
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 That status quo has been marked by a drumbeat of devastating fires in recent years and increasing worries about more in the future. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Andrews likely would not have defeated Lindsey Graham, who, though increasingly unpopular, benefited from South Carolina’s reflexive loyalty to the Republican status quo. — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 But when the broadcasters threatened to boycott the show, the TV Academy stuck with the four-network status quo. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 Still, the direction of travel for this industry is from a Wild West of essentially unbridled development to a more regulated status quo. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for status quo
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normality
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  • Banda’s first impulse was to maintain normality, stability, for the children.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Weiss has her own particular vision of American and international normality.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of normality

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