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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To help level the playing field for the next generation, low-income families who don’t have the disposable income to invest should receive more seed funding upfront and additional support over time.
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Neale Mahoney, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
What would be the Falcons’ counter to level the playing field?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Quick victories that many observers expected from the big guys – Russia and the Myanmar military – quickly evaporated as the little guys – Ukraine and the Myanmar rebels – used drones to level the playing field.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Yet panelists noted that AI could also help to level the playing field between cybercriminals and cybersecurity executives.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
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Neale Mahoney, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
What would be the Falcons’ counter to level the playing field?
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
Quick victories that many observers expected from the big guys – Russia and the Myanmar military – quickly evaporated as the little guys – Ukraine and the Myanmar rebels – used drones to level the playing field.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Yet panelists noted that AI could also help to level the playing field between cybercriminals and cybersecurity executives.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Level the playing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20the%20playing%20field. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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