How to Use level the playing field in a Sentence

level the playing field

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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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ukraine’s efforts in the south represent less a change in approach than an extension, with the aid of new longer-range weapons, of a strategy adopted at the start of the war meant to level the playing field with Russia.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Moving Rosenqvist to Formula E, where he’s won three times, would no doubt achieve that, as the series moves to a new generation of cars in 2023 that would level the playing field for his time away.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2022
  • Kyiv is increasingly using drones to level the playing field with Russia.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, there’s the Rooney Rule, in place for two decades, meant to level the playing field by mandating minority candidates at least get a small share of job interviews.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023

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