How to Use level playing field in a Sentence

level playing field

noun
  • The bill failed, but Rusty Bowers, the House speaker at the time, said the legislation was intended to put the state on a level playing field with tribes.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
  • Paschal, a school moving from Class 6A to Class 5A, will have an opportunity to compete for the top spot in the district against a more level playing field.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
  • This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 24 May 2023
  • There’s an old adage in politics that incumbents don’t debate, on the premise that doing so puts the challenger on a level playing field with the champion in the eyes of voters.
    Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The search for a level playing field continues for Arkansas' public and private schools.
    Graham Thomas, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023
  • The closeness of the various classes in qualifying and even the race speaks to the effectiveness of BoP in providing a level playing field.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024
  • In this level playing field—surrounded by God’s own variety of skin, bone, and hair—my inner critic, one that speaks with a New Yorker’s speed and volume, just shuts up.
    Julia Berick, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • To drum up business, Chinese leaders have urged foreign companies to invest more in the country, promising them an open and level playing field.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 31 May 2023
  • Also, this is not about special privileges, or a level playing field, or Disney in any way using its leverage around the state of Florida.
    William Earl, Variety, 10 May 2023
  • Consumer groups say the DMA promises to lower prices for Europeans by forcing platforms open and requiring them to compete on a more level playing field.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Photography is still not a level playing field, and, as Lewis has written, anti-Black bias lingers in many digital photos today.
    Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Traditional broadcasters have said the Media Bill will ensure a level playing field and prominence of their content.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There is no level playing field in our country because these injustices started so long ago in our unequal access to wealth and opportunity.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • Ottawa has said the law creates a level playing field between online advertising giants and the shrinking news industry.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • There are ways to go green and to subsidize, including by supporting research and innovation, that do not undermine a level playing field.
    Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2023
  • Eventually, China would have to stop such behavior, which would result in a level playing field for all of the collective’s participants.
    Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Texas is considering legislation, such as S.B. 624, that would put large-scale wind and solar farms on a level playing field with other energy sources, requiring them to win ...
    Andrew Follett, National Review, 17 May 2023
  • Beeper was supposed to fix those incompatibilities and put Android users on a level playing field with iPhone owners.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The system groups schools by enrollment, creating a level playing field for schools that have a semi-equal number of athletes being able to participate in athletics.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2024
  • However, the principle of ‘free and fair’ trade requires a level playing field between all competitors, with reciprocal trade and market entry rules.
    James Frater, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Long-term and strategic policy support sends a strong demand signal to producers and investors and supports a level playing field between alternative and conventional jet fuel.
    Bykiri Hannifin, Fortune, 5 June 2024
  • Tunnel combat negates the basic military doctrine of modern armies, which have invested in technology to overcome less sophisticated enemies and to compete on a level playing field in peer-to-peer warfare.
    Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2023
  • All theatrical territories are now open, including the crucial China market where political and disease-control considerations ruined 2022, and films of all origins are once again able to release on a more level playing field.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • With a more level playing field, creativity will become the ultimate differentiator.
    John Kell, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The Biden administration proposed a new rule Thursday that would prohibit wholesale bans on transgender athletes in college and K-12 education, but would allow them to be excluded from competitions if needed to maintain a level playing field.
    Ben Chapman, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Esports tournaments, for example, can benefit from Wi-Fi 7's low latency and reliable connectivity, providing a level playing field for competitors.
    Cristian Randieri, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Second, seeking healthy, and mutually beneficial, economic competition with a level playing field for American workers and businesses, including by working with our allies to press China on its unfair economic practices.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Marijuana operators proliferated because Oregon wanted a level playing field, available to all.
    Mike Rogoway, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
  • Affirmative Action Marshall’s support for affirmative action, which addresses historical disadvantages faced by minorities, underscored his commitment to creating a more level playing field.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023

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