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equalizer

[ee-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈi kwəˌlaɪ zər /


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And they didn’t lose Saturday — but they didn’t win either, with Arriola getting the equalizer two minutes after coming on for former Galaxy striker Dejan Joveljic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

Aprill defends private equity as an equalizer of sorts in an unequal medical marketplace.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026

In a pan-Indian context, English is an equalizer, not an oppressor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

But on this hot August day in Ravenel, South Carolina, under the blaze of a terrible sun, Ben thought that he had a great equalizer working for him, called youth.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

A subway car is supposed to be one of society’s great equalizers.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

His goals have carried PSG in a season where, without late equalizers or winners and more consistent opponents, PSG’s lead of 13 points over Nice would be far less.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

Mexican star Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored the equalizers in the 26th and 74th minutes.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022

Mexico got a pair during the Nations League final, and the U.S. turned its own isolated moments of power and artistry into equalizers twice.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2021

Truck frames of square wrought-iron with equalizers between springs, or of bar-iron with wooden bolsters.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird


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