level the playing field

idiom

: to make a situation fair for everyone

revising the tax code to level the playing field for all companies

Examples of level the playing field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jackson sustained his relationship with the firm for years, attending shareholder meetings and continuing to pressure the company to level the playing field between Wall Street and everyday Americans. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026

Stoutland’s departure from Philly is one of several signs and developments in the past months that should begin to level the playing field, though. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026

While the changes have the chance to level the playing field early in the season, one team appears to be jumping ahead of the field out of the shakedown sessions. —Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026

In recent years, Kaegi has pledged to level the playing field by raising assessments on commercial properties that were too low, or as a prior Tribune investigation found, were unchanged for several years. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026

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