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status

noun

ˈstā-təs

Definition of status

as in situation

position with regard to conditions and circumstances let me know if your status changes and you're available to work

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the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement resented her lowly status in the organization

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Recent Examples of status The group’s website provides a week-by-week status of fall color. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The status and outcome of that investigation have not been publicly disclosed. — Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026 Every step is tracked via the group’s own tech platform, Cosmic Crate, and recipients receive text alerts about their delivery’s status. — Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 Reassured, European countries (aside from France and the United Kingdom) agreed to codify their nonnuclear status in the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. — Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for status

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The security situation in southern Lebanon has worsened substantially since then, with the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in March.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Hailey, who was sitting and listening, likens their situations.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of situation

Noun

At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
But the posting of the media list signaled, at least on an organizational level, the trip was going ahead.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of level

Noun

Creator deals unveiled at the market included Endemol Shine Brasil’s pact with Latino creator house Grupo Podpah.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Kelly Elizabeth Shea pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of justice in a plea deal Wednesday afternoon, and a judge sentenced her to a year of probation and community service.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of deal

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Maintaining command-and-control links matters when troops rely on aerial sensors to gather information beyond their immediate positions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Also, the fact that planets in this arrangement slide along their orbit and swap positions means that their positions in that orbit change, which, in turn, changes the timing of the transits.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of position

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After the boutique’s statement, Clarkson doubled down on her claims on her Instagram stories with photos featuring a price tag on the bird that contradicted the shop’s first statement.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Some economists, including researchers at the Minneapolis Fed, argue the data don’t tell such a clean story.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of story

Noun

In the overall teen ranking for spring ’25 and Fall ’25 and ’26 surveys, On maintained its seventh place ranking.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Some companies may have paid an application fee in order to be considered, but this payment does not impact a company's inclusion or ranking.

— Time, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranking

Noun

The story picks up when 14-year-old Maeve and her older sister, Reg, start a secret phone romance with a boy from the local boat club who promises a way into the upper echelons of Cape Cod society.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
In addition to being the only cross-company pair in the top Skydance executive echelon, Cheeks and Perrette share another distinction — Cheeks is the only former Paramount Global and Perrette the only former Discovery executive in the group.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

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