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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Enacting such legislation would level the playing field.
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Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
By making promotion consideration a standard process, companies can proactively level the playing field and mitigate the impact of the gender competition gap.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Last year, Nandy also outlined how the U.K. should work to be better represented in all its diversity on film and TV screens, fight polarizing fake news, and level the playing field for streamers and traditional broadcasters.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Measuring impact, not effort Small businesses are seeing AI as an opportunity to level the playing field and leapfrog larger organizations.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
By making promotion consideration a standard process, companies can proactively level the playing field and mitigate the impact of the gender competition gap.
—Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Last year, Nandy also outlined how the U.K. should work to be better represented in all its diversity on film and TV screens, fight polarizing fake news, and level the playing field for streamers and traditional broadcasters.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Measuring impact, not effort Small businesses are seeing AI as an opportunity to level the playing field and leapfrog larger organizations.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 6 June 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 2 Jul. 2025.
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