status
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A famous example: The IRS revoked Bob Jones University’s tax-exempt status for its discriminatory admissions and student-conduct policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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
After all, it’s been almost 30 years since her first stint at Fendi as an accessories designer, working alongside the five Fendi sisters and helping launch the house to cult status in the Y2K era.
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
Whatever the formal status, the marriage was a successful and seemingly happy one, producing four daughters and two sons who survived childhood, and two more babies who died in infancy.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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So far, the agency has already updated dates of deaths and citizenship statuses, it said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 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
Nearly four million U.S. households have mixed legal statuses, and income drops 48% with removal of unlawfully present members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 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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