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
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Those clubs who want to allow the market to run riot do not want to level the playing field.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Some superintendents believe the Legislature should give a base amount to each district to level the playing field.
—Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
And nationwide efforts to implement pay range transparency mandates and salary history bans are helping to level the playing field by eliminating secrecy and other systemic barriers.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The reading passages are much shorter, and an online graphing calculator is built into the application for the math section, which some see as a way to level the playing field for low-income students.
—Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Taylor went a step further, hopeful the machine could help level the playing field between hitters and pitchers — who have long benefited more than their bat-yielding counterparts from technological advances in training.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Kyiv is increasingly using drones to level the playing field with Russia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Unlike the National Football League where revenue sharing and salary caps level the playing field, MLB is all about class warfare.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
But there has been some progress, Shelly says, and the introduction of AI has the ability to level the playing field a bit more for Black workers.
—Trey Williams, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Some superintendents believe the Legislature should give a base amount to each district to level the playing field.
—Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
And nationwide efforts to implement pay range transparency mandates and salary history bans are helping to level the playing field by eliminating secrecy and other systemic barriers.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The reading passages are much shorter, and an online graphing calculator is built into the application for the math section, which some see as a way to level the playing field for low-income students.
—Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
Taylor went a step further, hopeful the machine could help level the playing field between hitters and pitchers — who have long benefited more than their bat-yielding counterparts from technological advances in training.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Kyiv is increasingly using drones to level the playing field with Russia.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
Unlike the National Football League where revenue sharing and salary caps level the playing field, MLB is all about class warfare.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 31 Jan. 2024
But there has been some progress, Shelly says, and the introduction of AI has the ability to level the playing field a bit more for Black workers.
—Trey Williams, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
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