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Because one thing is clear: If and when Ukraine proves victorious—if and when Ukraine boots Russians from every inch of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea—there won’t be a simple return to the status quo ante.
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Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
The other solution is to declare remote working over and revert to the status quo ante.
—Robert Sher, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Either way, the result—again—is just a version of the status quo ante for Britain, only indisputably worse.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022
This makes the outraged reaction to Henry Kissinger’s suggestion of a deal around a return to the status quo ante bizarre.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 June 2022
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Casey Michel, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
The other solution is to declare remote working over and revert to the status quo ante.
—Robert Sher, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Either way, the result—again—is just a version of the status quo ante for Britain, only indisputably worse.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022
This makes the outraged reaction to Henry Kissinger’s suggestion of a deal around a return to the status quo ante bizarre.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 June 2022
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status quo ante
noun
status quo an·te
-ˈkwō-ˈan-tē 
: the state of affairs that existed previously
restore the status quo ante
Etymology
Latin, state in which previously
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