How to Use the status quo in a Sentence

the status quo

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • And yet the impression, for now, is of a return to the status quo ante.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
  • As the sun and Uranus align, the status quo no longer satisfies you.
    — USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • 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
  • Netanyahu later said the status quo at the site would not change.
    — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 June 2024
  • Seoul feared a change in the status quo in Beijing's favor.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • No longer pushing against the status quo, my job was less of a struggle.
    — Dr. Melody Glenn, Time, 2 July 2025
  • 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 stakes are too high and the consequences too great to continue with the status quo.
    — Richard Danforth, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • Taking on the status quo is the leitmotif of Kennedy’s life.
    — Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In some way, he was inspired by rebelling against the status quo.
    — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In Aquarius, the Lord of the Underworld is here to shake up the status quo, question the norm and push boundaries.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • 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 there’s reason to believe the status quo is starting to change.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • One group supported the sports activism and tied it to changing the status quo.
    — Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The outcome could reshape the way primaries or run — or protect the status quo.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But arguably the most pressing item confronting Team Trump will be changing the status quo in the Red Sea.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Seems like when there’s a lack of options, the Heat usually maintain the status quo.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
  • And under the status quo, unbanked people already lose a large slice of those refunds to fees.
    — Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The stalemate leaves us with the status quo, which is … really not that bad.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • O’Foghludha explained his ruling as preserving the status quo.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In reality, the deal might not be a big departure from the status quo.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Trump keeps blinking and tries to cover his tracks, as things returned more or less to the status quo.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026

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