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quo

  • a variation of quoth.
    quoth
    verb
    said (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject).

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The group says current "status quo" security measures "won't be enough" and criticises the "historic under-resourcing" of security around critical infrastructure.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Office worker Vilborg Inga Magnusdottir said she saw no reason to change the status quo.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 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

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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