level the playing field
idiom
: to make a situation fair for everyone
revising the tax code to level the playing field for all companies
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The goal was to level the playing field for criminal defendants, who often took plea deals without understanding the full scope of the case being built against them.
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Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Entering this race, Christopher Bell is on a roll, winning the last three races and becoming the first driver with three consecutive wins since NASCAR moved to this current generation of car, which had served as a way to level the playing field.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
To level the playing field, Trump wages a tariff war.
—Gene Marks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Fortunately, modern technologies and platforms are beginning to level the playing field and allow small manufacturers to go through this process at a much lower cost.
—Rovshan Rasulov, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Benjamin Oreskes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Entering this race, Christopher Bell is on a roll, winning the last three races and becoming the first driver with three consecutive wins since NASCAR moved to this current generation of car, which had served as a way to level the playing field.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
To level the playing field, Trump wages a tariff war.
—Gene Marks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Fortunately, modern technologies and platforms are beginning to level the playing field and allow small manufacturers to go through this process at a much lower cost.
—Rovshan Rasulov, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for level the playing field
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“Level the playing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20the%20playing%20field. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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