How to Use level the playing field in a Sentence

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  • In Vaughn’s case, heart may be just the ticket to level the playing field.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • What would be the Falcons’ counter to level the playing field?
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Those clubs who want to allow the market to run riot do not want to level the playing field.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The state is still working on enforcing rules to level the playing field.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In other words, knowing who is getting what tends to level the playing field.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • What if technology gave us a chance to level the playing field?
    Bryan Benson, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • An antitrust exemption isn’t the only way to level the playing field.
    Benjamin Wofford, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That could level the playing field in future elections, the Times noted.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • In an attempt to level the playing field, Zhang at least played with her iPhone, instead of a bat.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
  • It's supposed to level the playing field in an era when these giant tech companies wield so, so much power.
    Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Civil justice lawyers level the playing field in a system built to favor power.
    Ben Crump, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This responsibility to drive change and level the playing field starts at the top.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2024
  • Yet the challenge remains for Jones to use his tremendous resources to help level the playing field.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Even those maps, however, wouldn't be enough to level the playing field, which is where New York comes in.
    David Daley, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The infusion of cash from SLF could help level the playing field.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The new feature may empower female drivers and help level the playing field.
    Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • The income tax uses steps and standard deductions to level the playing field.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Farley said if tariffs level the playing field in the States against foreign rivals, that's a good thing.
    Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Much more is needed to level the playing field, according to Brookings.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • It could also be seen as helping level the playing field between short-term rental properties and hotels.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Our mission was to level the playing field for the rest of (the) industry which has stayed more traditional to date.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The move away from standardized test scores is part of a larger national trend to level the playing field for students from all walks of life.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • Hawes-Lopez said many in the legal market are also still hopeful that statewide action can help level the playing field.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 23 June 2025
  • The effort aims to level the playing field by forcing crypto firms to play by the same rules that apply to banks and traditional firms.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The host team will have the challenge of competing without its starting quarterback in a twist that could help level the playing field.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 10 July 2022
  • Cena came exploding out of the corner with another big clothesline to level the playing field.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In fact, it could be argued that all awards groups should adopt similar requirements for their members, in an attempt to level the playing field.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The move is meant to help level the playing field for job applicants and narrow the wage gap women and minorities continue to face.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • While the changes have the chance to level the playing field early in the season, one team appears to be jumping ahead of the field out of the shakedown sessions.
    Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Most golf courses were lengthened by thousands of feet to try to level the playing field — Woods and his power game had made old course designs too easy.
    Roxanne Jones, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022

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