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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Recreational sports can be cost-prohibitive for low-income families, so Indy RBI seeks to level the playing field — or, rather, the baseball diamond. —

Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024 With interest in women’s sports at an all-time high—evidenced by record-setting viewership in 2024—yet coverage still being vastly disproportionate to men’s sports, Goldberg recognized the long overdue need to level the playing field. —

Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 Matching funds help level the playing field, boosting candidate competition and increasing voter participation. —

Susan Lerner, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024 This means Putin is susceptible to pressure, but the West must increase its efforts to level the playing field between Kyiv and Moscow. —

Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for level the playing field

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