on an equal footing
idiom
: in conditions where everyone has an equal chance
making it possible for poor children to compete on an equal footing with other children
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Meyer has created a cohesive ecosystem where all locations are on an equal footing, allowing for collaborative problem-solving and better alignment with global market needs.
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Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The Games are designed to be a platform where athletes from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender or nationality, can compete on an equal footing.
—Andrew Heffernan, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
Taiwanese today overwhelmingly prefer maintaining the status quo of an autonomous Taiwan interacting with China on an equal footing.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2024
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Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The Games are designed to be a platform where athletes from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender or nationality, can compete on an equal footing.
—Andrew Heffernan, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024
Taiwanese today overwhelmingly prefer maintaining the status quo of an autonomous Taiwan interacting with China on an equal footing.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2024
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“On an equal footing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20an%20equal%20footing. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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