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status

[stay-tuhs, stat-uhs] / ˈsteɪ təs, ˈstæt əs /


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In late 18th century England, upper-crust society would start the day with game birds and savory pies, an indication of social status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

In the Cornell backlash, he blamed "people who felt that the status quo was being threatened, people who didn't like the idea of women being treated equally, people who wanted to shut up women."

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The LA Phil is heralding a new era after Dudamel left for the New York Philharmonic, having achieved legendary status and leaving a world-class orchestra in his wake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Raman, a member of city council and Indian immigrant, ran on a platform of change and fixing the "broken status quo and the politicians who failed them over and over again".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

In challenging the status quo, one of the arguments the two men always ran up against was “resources are limited.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

So far, the agency has already updated dates of deaths and citizenship statuses, it said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

VIPs for a day get a taste of the frictionless life enjoyed by travelers with the airlines’ invite-only loyalty statuses like American’s ConciergeKey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“This is probably going to put them in touch with lots of other Latinos of different migration statuses in a way that is not necessarily about competition, but much more about helping,” Mora said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

But as Nelson delegated the task of investigating those voters’ statuses to local election officials, confusion took hold.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026

His statuses didn’t provide much context about his life, only that he’d been a loner who preferred runs with his golden retriever Turbo instead of social outings with his classmates.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera


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