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in statu quo

[ in -stah-too -kwoh; English in -stey-tyoo -kwoh, stach-oo ]
/ ɪn ˈstɑ tu ˈkwoʊ; English ɪn ˈsteɪ tyu ˈkwoʊ, ˈstætʃ u /

adverb Latin.

in the state in which (anything was or is).

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