How to Use level the playing field in a Sentence
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In Vaughn’s case, heart may be just the ticket to level the playing field.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Don't tell that to the steel workers who saw tariffs level the playing field and jobs return to the U.S.
— Erik W. Matson, National Review, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The infusion of cash from SLF could help level the playing field.
— David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Sep. 2024 -
The changes in strategy didn’t level the playing field.
— Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022 -
Those clubs who want to allow the market to run riot do not want to level the playing field.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 -
This should level the playing field a bit for Switzerland, although Brazil are still 2:1 favorites to win the match.
— cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022 -
Even those maps, however, wouldn't be enough to level the playing field, which is where New York comes in.
— David Daley, CNN, 22 Apr. 2022 -
Yet the challenge remains for Jones to use his tremendous resources to help level the playing field.
— Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023 -
In other words, knowing who is getting what tends to level the playing field.
— Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022 -
The rules were meant to level the playing field since not all WNBA owners are willing to shell out for private flights.
— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023 -
Heading into the big night, Avatar and The Hurt Locker had each racked up enough precursor awards to level the playing field.
— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2022 -
An antitrust exemption isn’t the only way to level the playing field.
— Benjamin Wofford, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022 -
But there has been some progress, Shelly says, and the introduction of AI has the ability to level the playing field a bit more for Black workers.
— Trey Williams, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 -
To level the playing field, Congress passed a federal law.
— Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 June 2023 -
This responsibility to drive change and level the playing field starts at the top.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 June 2024 -
The effort aims to level the playing field by forcing crypto firms to play by the same rules that apply to banks and traditional firms.
— Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022 -
The move away from standardized test scores is part of a larger national trend to level the playing field for students from all walks of life.
— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 29 June 2023 -
Much more is needed to level the playing field, according to Brookings.
— Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022 -
Most golf courses were lengthened by thousands of feet to try to level the playing field — Woods and his power game had made old course designs too easy.
— Roxanne Jones, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022 -
The income tax uses steps and standard deductions to level the playing field.
— Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023 -
The host team will have the challenge of competing without its starting quarterback in a twist that could help level the playing field.
— Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 July 2022 -
As the number of single parents continues to grow in the U.S., there are numerous battles to level the playing field for moms and dads.
— Maressa Brown, Parents, 13 July 2023 -
It's supposed to level the playing field in an era when these giant tech companies wield so, so much power.
— Lauren Goode Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024 -
The move is meant to help level the playing field for job applicants and narrow the wage gap women and minorities continue to face.
— Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022 -
Burke said the purpose of the legislation was to level the playing field so airport officials could have discussions with the city.
— Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2023 -
The Next Gen debuted this season and is a spec vehicle with single-source parts that is intended to both level the playing field and cut costs.
— Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 -
This could help level the playing field and encourage a wider variety of competitors to enter the market.
— Ryan Adams, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 -
The move is an attempt to level the playing field among investors, by making sure that the largest have fewer chances to trade on sensitive information.
— Frances Yoon, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The minimum tax is only one of the tools at Biden’s disposal to level the playing field between the country’s ultra-wealthy and everyone else.
— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2023 -
But ceding a raucous home-field advantage could level the playing field after an unmatched run of dominance across the last seven seasons.
— Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Sep. 2024
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