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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At the center of it all is Mason’s mission: to level the playing field from within the system.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Technology, when wielded with purpose, can level the playing field for every child, everywhere.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 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, 24 July 2025
But to protect the U.S. system of biomedical innovation, the Trump administration will have to do more than just level the playing field.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Technology, when wielded with purpose, can level the playing field for every child, everywhere.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 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, 24 July 2025
But to protect the U.S. system of biomedical innovation, the Trump administration will have to do more than just level the playing field.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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