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Maintain the Status Quo 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 4

Maintain the Status Quo 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 4

Maintain the Status Quo 1100 Words You Need Week 38 Day 4

to keep things as they are, preserve, sustain, keep things the way they presently are

Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues. In the sociological sense, it generally applies to maintaining or changing existing social structure and/or values. With regard to policy debate, it means how conditions are, inviting a good or bad analysis of them, for example “The countries are now trying to maintain a status quo with regards to their nuclear arsenal which will help them if the situation gets any worse.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonyms: alter, change, modify, revolutionize


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