level the playing field
idiom
: to make a situation fair for everyone
revising the tax code to level the playing field for all companies
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What Happens Next As new homebuyers across generations enter the market, AI can level the playing field, Chambers said.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Amjad Hanif, the YouTube head of creator payments and products, told Fortune in 2024 that the technology could help level the playing field among creators who may not have the same resources as Donaldson.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee’s success comes at a time when smaller-market owners are trying to level the playing field by evenly sharing all of their local television money and seeking a salary cap in collective bargaining negotiations with the players next year.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Trump on Thursday also announced a 25% tariff on heavy trucks imported into the United States, a trade levy designed to level the playing field for America’s truck-making industry that has been hit relentlessly by the White House’s compounding tariffs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Amjad Hanif, the YouTube head of creator payments and products, told Fortune in 2024 that the technology could help level the playing field among creators who may not have the same resources as Donaldson.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee’s success comes at a time when smaller-market owners are trying to level the playing field by evenly sharing all of their local television money and seeking a salary cap in collective bargaining negotiations with the players next year.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Trump on Thursday also announced a 25% tariff on heavy trucks imported into the United States, a trade levy designed to level the playing field for America’s truck-making industry that has been hit relentlessly by the White House’s compounding tariffs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
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