redress the balance
idiom
formal
: to make a situation fair
They've been treated unfairly, and it's time to redress the balance.
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Trump sees tariffs as a way to redress the balance, arguing that the policy will boost U.S. jobs and growth.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
The nations and politicians who continue to deny climate change and pollute the planet demand greater sacrifice from those trying to redress the balance, and there’s a tipping point where it can’t be done without consensus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
Right-leaning outlets might see their ideological foes’ decisions to block AI web crawlers as a unique opportunity to redress the balance.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
With tight job markets, workers may seek to redress the balance.
—Agustín Carstens, Fortune, 3 July 2023
How do brands redress the balance?
—Cleve Gibbon, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The dry-drinking market Nondrinking entrepreneurs are already aiming to redress the balance with alcohol-free alternatives, once the preserve of a niche industry.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
For underserved and overpoliced Black and Brown communities, Fagon sees this as an opportunity to redress the balance.
—Deidre Dyer, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
But permanently hosting Space Command headquarters at Peterson would also help redress the balance.
—Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
The nations and politicians who continue to deny climate change and pollute the planet demand greater sacrifice from those trying to redress the balance, and there’s a tipping point where it can’t be done without consensus.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2024
Right-leaning outlets might see their ideological foes’ decisions to block AI web crawlers as a unique opportunity to redress the balance.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
With tight job markets, workers may seek to redress the balance.
—Agustín Carstens, Fortune, 3 July 2023
How do brands redress the balance?
—Cleve Gibbon, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
The dry-drinking market Nondrinking entrepreneurs are already aiming to redress the balance with alcohol-free alternatives, once the preserve of a niche industry.
—Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2022
For underserved and overpoliced Black and Brown communities, Fagon sees this as an opportunity to redress the balance.
—Deidre Dyer, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
But permanently hosting Space Command headquarters at Peterson would also help redress the balance.
—Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2020
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