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 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 If The Jazz Singer was forward-thinking in its technical aspects, its depiction of Jolson wearing blackface was rooted in a discriminatory status quo. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for status quo
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normality
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  • The crimson hue that may have been visible at the height of the eclipse will gradually fade as the crescent of the lunar disk exposed to direct sunlight grows, and normality reasserts itself over the natural satellite.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • By the time the world returned to relative normality, her priorities had shifted.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of normality

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