quo
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a variation of
quoth.
quothverbsaid (used with nouns, and with first- and third-person pronouns, and always placed before the subject).
Example Sentences
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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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