How to Use level playing field in a Sentence

level playing field

noun
  • This is not a level playing field and the divide will only widen.
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Part of such a wild tournament stemmed from a level playing field.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
  • Lots of tension, perhaps, but far from a level playing field.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The idea was that everyone would have a fairer shot from a level playing field.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Uber will continue to stand up for merchants and for a level playing field.
    — Natalie Lung, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This is why the carbon fees are needed, to create a level playing field.
    — New Atlas, 21 June 2025
  • Like it or not, the Oscar race for best feature doc has never been a level playing field.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 24 May 2023
  • This helps put big companies and small companies on a level playing field.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
  • Lowering the spirits tax puts us on a level playing field with other major cities.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • This level playing field is one of AnyMeeting’s greatest strengths.
    — Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Today moves us closer to ensuring a level playing field in Europe, thanks to the rule of law.
    — Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Auction drafts offer a level playing field that is unmatched in fantasy football.
    — Jay Felicio, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
  • Scott, 41, is cognizant of the fact that the fashion industry, like most, does not offer a level playing field.
    — Juwayriah Wright, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And Stu is both concerned about a level playing field, but also keeping the sport accessible.
    — Outside Online, 24 July 2024
  • To try to create a level playing field, IndyCar runs a spec car where almost all of the parts and pieces are the same for each team.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • The classification system enables golfers to compete on a level playing field against their peers.
    — Candace Oehler, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The search for a level playing field continues for Arkansas' public and private schools.
    — Graham Thomas, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023
  • The whole point of this policy is to move Main Street toward a level playing field with Wall Street.
    — John E. Kelly Jr., Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2025
  • If there were no taxes or penalties on non-medical withdrawals, health care and non-health care would trade against each other on a level playing field under the tax law.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • This works together to place the nation back on a level playing field globally with China in the robotics race.
    — Mark Minevich, Time, 9 June 2025
  • 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
  • The case showed him the power of the courts to right historical wrongs, keep government in check and create a level playing field for society's underdogs.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • 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
  • While the chimps' modest colony is just beginning to coalesce, a population-wiping plague has put the primates on a level playing field with the human race.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
  • While social apps like Snapchat have integrated AI companions, there’s still a level playing field.
    — Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The company’s data shows that just less than half of consumers said personalization and stronger search functions put secondhand and buying new on a level playing field.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • However, there are many occasions where both Zoe and Mio have the same abilities and attacks, putting both characters on a level playing field.
    — Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025

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