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status quo definition

status quo (kwō′)

the existing state of affairs (at a particular time)
also status in quo

Etymology: L, lit., the state in which

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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