How to Use playing field in a Sentence
playing field
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The bullpens are in right field with the A’s pitchers camped out in the pen closest to the playing field.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
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On top of this, the playing field is tilting the GOP’s way.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 21 May 2021
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That moment in the film, the montage, puts Celie and Shug on the same playing field.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
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The court in 1985 dealt a blow to big banks seeking a coast-to-coast playing field.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
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The vehicle was used to smooth clumped dirt on the playing field.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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This will put you and your parents on the same playing field.
—Israa Nasir, SELF, 2 Apr. 2021
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But in the world of high school sports, there’s still an uneven playing field.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2021
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Frankly, with the rest of the split-screen problems in this game, this bug just leveled the playing field.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
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Search on the open web is the best playing field to accomplish this feat.
—Quora, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Tweed said the answer is more likely be found in the locker room and not the playing field.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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So began the wait for the brothers to truly share a playing field.
—Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
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His lawyer said this was an effort by the chief to level the playing field.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 23 July 2022
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And as the labor movement seeks to level the playing field, will the stars go along?
—New York Times, 13 June 2021
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The playing field clearly is not level — and hasn’t been for decades.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
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Rendon is the gift that keeps on taking — as in games away from the playing field.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Two warmup pools would sit on the western portion of the Vikings playing field.
—Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
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There is a lot of movement on the retail playing field.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
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Both athletes learned how to be leaders on and off the playing field.
—Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 19 May 2025
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And the idea behind these laws is to level the playing field a little bit.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
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The changes in strategy didn’t level the playing field.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
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Even when not on the playing field, the young woman continued to fall and hit her head.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
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Most of them came straight from the playing field to the big league coaching staff and then to manager.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
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The lawmakers say the move would level the playing field and narrow the racial wealth gap.
—Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2021
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By the fourth quarter, Ohio State leveled the playing field by tying the score.
—Megan Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022
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One of the things that always concerned me is the uneven playing field, right?
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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Norman says the tariffs were pitched as a way to even the playing field with China.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 13 June 2024
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After that, the playing field was narrowed to 1,890 places.
—Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2020
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To him, that means no secret spots and a level playing field.
—Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
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As Yastrzemski’s throw arrived and Olson slid home safe, a second ball entered the playing field.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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There's a wave of employers offering family-friendly benefits to help even the playing field, Yost said.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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