status

When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?

Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.

But when she called back, Brinsley was determined to tall her about his minted screenwriter status.

Nothing,” Klein notes, “was more threatening to the education status quo in New York City than our charter school initiative.

In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.

And his status is determined rather by his relation to the family than by his relation to the service.

The unusual political status of a city, completely independent of county jurisdiction, was originated at this time also.

In Roman times it received the dignity of a municipium—implying municipal status and Roman citizenship for its free inhabitants.

She had no civil status, but when she married Jules Desmarets her name, Clemence, and her age were publicly announced.

Gradus initialis hujus status est amicitia inordinata inter duos pueros aut duas puellas.