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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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.
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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
Certain groups who face discrimination and harassment could level the playing field by recording their interactions with others, and at mass protests like the recent events in Nepal, seeing events from a protestor’s point of view could be valuable.
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This fundraising dinner will benefit the Alex Morgan Foundation, which aims to level the playing field for girls in sports and life.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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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
Certain groups who face discrimination and harassment could level the playing field by recording their interactions with others, and at mass protests like the recent events in Nepal, seeing events from a protestor’s point of view could be valuable.
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This fundraising dinner will benefit the Alex Morgan Foundation, which aims to level the playing field for girls in sports and life.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for level the playing field
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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 Oct. 2025.
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