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the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement
resented her lowly status in the organization
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Recent Examples of status
Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of that reflects the membership association status of the NCAA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Not only did the Terps lose in blowout fashion, but fans and players have also spent the week wondering the future status of Kevin Willard.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
The issue in Valencia was uncertainty over the status of their New Mestalla stadium, where construction had been stalled for 15 years and there was no commitment in place when the bid was submitted for the ground to be finished by 2030.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of that reflects the membership association status of the NCAA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Not only did the Terps lose in blowout fashion, but fans and players have also spent the week wondering the future status of Kevin Willard.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
The issue in Valencia was uncertainty over the status of their New Mestalla stadium, where construction had been stalled for 15 years and there was no commitment in place when the bid was submitted for the ground to be finished by 2030.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for status
Noun
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But a tongue-in-cheek Heard Island government social media outlet is monitoring the situation.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Silva will walk into a situation with plenty of playing time and should be TCU’s center of the future.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Contrary to expectations, many survivors’ cortisol levels were lower.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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With the cuts and losses at the FDA, there is growing fear that the funding level could dip below the historical threshold.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV series originated a couple of years ago when Sony regained the rights to the books through a first-look deal with Vertigo and tapped Ning to adapt it as part of an overall deal.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Sony Pictures Television, where both Ning and Moore are under overall deals, will produce.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hooper’s win over Guida and his matchup on Saturday position him to become something of a legend killer.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Zoom in: The painting shows Frederick Baker looking stoically at the observer, a position that offers him a level of stately elegance rarely extended to enslaved people.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
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Anthologies had all but vanished from regular TV programming, and the idea of a series without recurring characters or story arcs didn’t neatly fit into the standard categories.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That’s high praise for a player who until pretty recently was just trying to finish number-one in the PGA Tour University rankings.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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Moana also returned to the movie rankings after two weeks outside the top 10 with 223 million minutes.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those ticket sales rank as the biggest debut of the year, as well as the best in history for a game-to-film adaptation.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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Eventually, Christ the King Catholic Church asked the family to leave its ranks.—
Tony Holt,
Arkansas Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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And a fascination with the occult was brewing in the upper echelons of Swedish society.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Historically, this suggests the presence of a privileged upper socioeconomic echelon.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Status.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/status. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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