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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Some companies, including Spotify, have tried to level the playing field by offering equal parental leave to mothers and fathers.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 3 June 2024
While big tech companies currently have more access to the costly computing resources that power AI systems, the initiative seeks to level the playing field for researchers and public interest organizations, the governor’s office said.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2024
Through this overt engagement, O’Brien explained, the United States aimed to level the playing field in an election that Milosevic was poised to manipulate.
—David Shimer, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2020
That could suggest non-English speakers are using AI-assistance to level the playing field for scientific writing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 3 June 2024
While big tech companies currently have more access to the costly computing resources that power AI systems, the initiative seeks to level the playing field for researchers and public interest organizations, the governor’s office said.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2024
Through this overt engagement, O’Brien explained, the United States aimed to level the playing field in an election that Milosevic was poised to manipulate.
—David Shimer, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2020
That could suggest non-English speakers are using AI-assistance to level the playing field for scientific writing.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2024
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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 27 Jul. 2024.
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