status quo
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Office worker Vilborg Inga Magnusdottir said she saw no reason to change the status quo.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Another comment advocated for simplicity by maintaining the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
They defended the status quo against various liberation movements and labor coalitions, fighting to keep everything as it had always been in service of the people who most benefited from the old arrangement.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Keeping the status quo can’t solve this crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
