status quo

Status quo is the way things currently are. (noun)

An example of status quo is that the US government is in debt.

See status quo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the existing state of affairs (at a particular time)

See status quo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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noun

The existing condition or state of affairs.

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