playing field
noun
1
: a field for various games
especially
: the part of a field officially marked off for play
2
: a set of conditions for competition
—usually used in such phrases as a level playing field
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Toronto Star via Getty Images The Toronto Blue Jays face what CEO Mark Shapiro describes as a fundamentally uneven playing field.
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The ban also includes using smokeless tobacco products in bathrooms, pedestrian walkways, dining spaces, spectator seating areas, training rooms, playing fields, locker rooms and vendor areas, according to the ordinance.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
After Texas engaged in redistricting that added five new GOP seats to the delegation, California is working to alter its maps to write out five vulnerable House Republicans as a countermeasure to even the playing field.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Now, Daniel Jones is not Patrick Mahomes, so that evens the playing field a little bit.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The ban also includes using smokeless tobacco products in bathrooms, pedestrian walkways, dining spaces, spectator seating areas, training rooms, playing fields, locker rooms and vendor areas, according to the ordinance.
—Dana Afana, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
After Texas engaged in redistricting that added five new GOP seats to the delegation, California is working to alter its maps to write out five vulnerable House Republicans as a countermeasure to even the playing field.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Now, Daniel Jones is not Patrick Mahomes, so that evens the playing field a little bit.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Playing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playing%20field. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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