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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These movies have the extraordinary merit of putting the passions of love and the obstacles to relationships front and center, balancing personal desires and social obligations on an equal footing, and thereby lending bourgeois life the grandeur of tragedy.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Vanke stated during online creditor meetings earlier this month that all notes would be treated on an equal footing, though no specific details were provided, people familiar with the matter said.
—Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
For the patrimony prize, which covers jewelry remaining in a house’s patrimonial collection, Raybaud chose 2020 as the cut-off date, to allow newer signatures to take part on an equal footing to their centuries-old predecessors.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Under new rules passed by Denmark’s parliament earlier in June, Danish women who turn 18 after July 1, 2025, will be entered into the lottery system, on an equal footing with their male compatriots.
—James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Vanke stated during online creditor meetings earlier this month that all notes would be treated on an equal footing, though no specific details were provided, people familiar with the matter said.
—Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
For the patrimony prize, which covers jewelry remaining in a house’s patrimonial collection, Raybaud chose 2020 as the cut-off date, to allow newer signatures to take part on an equal footing to their centuries-old predecessors.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Under new rules passed by Denmark’s parliament earlier in June, Danish women who turn 18 after July 1, 2025, will be entered into the lottery system, on an equal footing with their male compatriots.
—James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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