equalizer
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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
With her equalizer, the 36-year-old Knight became the all-time American goal-scorer in the Olympics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
They regrouped in the second half and were able to capitalize on lax Colombian defending to grab the equalizer.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 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
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A subway car is supposed to be one of society’s great equalizers.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Callum Wilson twice put Newcastle in the lead but Wolves had equalizers from Mario Lemina and Hwang-Hee-chan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
It will be especially eye-opening for anyone who believes that wealth, education and access to quality medical services are the great equalizers, the attainable means by which Black Americans can achieve health-care parity.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 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
To find an American locomotive not equipped with equalizers is surprising since they were almost a necessity to produce a reasonably smooth ride on the rough tracks of American railroads.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by White, John H.