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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Measuring impact, not effort Small businesses are seeing AI as an opportunity to level the playing field and leapfrog larger organizations.
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Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Candidates are largely barred from traditional campaigning, a policy to try to level the playing field among candidates with different campaign funds.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 May 2025
President Trump understands that, when used wisely, tariffs can level the playing field, protect American industries from unfair competition, incentivize U.S. manufacturing, and ultimately strengthen our national security.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
According to White, the platform’s ad share model is structured to level the playing field for Black creators, particularly Black women who have long been underpaid and undervalued in the content creation space.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 May 2025
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Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Candidates are largely barred from traditional campaigning, a policy to try to level the playing field among candidates with different campaign funds.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 31 May 2025
President Trump understands that, when used wisely, tariffs can level the playing field, protect American industries from unfair competition, incentivize U.S. manufacturing, and ultimately strengthen our national security.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
According to White, the platform’s ad share model is structured to level the playing field for Black creators, particularly Black women who have long been underpaid and undervalued in the content creation space.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 May 2025
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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 10 Jun. 2025.
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