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status

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


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Now the country’s on the verge of losing that status after successive years of outbreaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was granted official candidate status a few months later, with accession negotiations kicking off in 2024.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

They instead often raised expectations, forced dependency and gave rise to a vision of progress that reinforced social exclusion, bred anxieties about status, and concealed the environmental costs of a culture built on consumption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The tax-exempt status also isn’t clear-cut because the payment is only postponed and each state has its own rules for fuel taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

“There is no permanent status quo in nature,” Muller later wrote.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

And we were checking our statuses on the website to see if we had a valid driver’s license for over a month.”

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

However, he was concerned about the "workability" of the Home Office reviewing refugee statuses every two-and-a-half years.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

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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