playing field
noun
1
: a field for various games
especially
: the part of a field officially marked off for play
2
: a set of conditions for competition
—usually used in such phrases as a level playing field
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An effective cap, even at roughly $14 million per team, would even the playing field among power programs.
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Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Starting March 4, the economic playing field became even more even.
—Eric Axel, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Another Democrat will now be in line for the gig as the party confronts how to respond to President Trump's scrambling of the international playing field.
—Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) radically altered the playing field.
—Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Starting March 4, the economic playing field became even more even.
—Eric Axel, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Another Democrat will now be in line for the gig as the party confronts how to respond to President Trump's scrambling of the international playing field.
—Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) radically altered the playing field.
—Sameer Malhotra, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Playing field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playing%20field. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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