status

In a sentence

Six example sentences with status, each labelled with its topic.

• In that court a man's status could be read from the width of his sleeves and where he sat.

  History

• Children notice status early, sorting classmates by who gets picked first long before anyone teaches them the word.

  Psychology

• A single credit on that film gave her the status to choose her next three projects without an audition.

  Movies

• Economists call a luxury watch a positional good, bought less for telling time than for the status it displays.

  Economics

• Rousseau traced inequality to the first moment people compared status, wanting to be looked at rather than merely fed.

  Philosophy

• A championship ring changes a player's status in every locker room, and rookies fall quiet when he speaks.

  Basketball

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More Academic words

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