status quo
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Whatever the new Congress looks like, the working environment for companies and small businesses will likely be the status quo, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
In an interview at a Panorama City campaign event last week, she pointed to her own beginnings as a young organizer, and said she knows what it’s like to go against the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
"For Kim Jong Un, maintaining the status quo is the best option right now."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
They are expanding their ambition beyond what has already been proven — the mayor’s office, seats in Congress — and running difficult races in difficult states, courting voters and challenging the institutional status quo.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Rather, the two complemented each other in preventing any changes in the status quo.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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