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equalizer

[ee-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈi kwəˌlaɪ zər /


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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

That idea, practice as the great equalizer, shapes how Plum sees her career now, in a moment that demands more from her than ever before.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

If that doesn’t change, AI cannot be an equalizer, as people are hoping it to be.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026

Who would have thought that the equalizer would turn out to be the biggest dweeb in school?

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

VAR benefited Brighton as Leicester had two equalizers ruled out in the final stages, with Harvey Barnes judged to be offside and obstructing the goalkeeper on both occasions.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

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

This machine had cylinders thirteen and three-quarters by eighteen, and drivers sixty inches in diameter, with the springs between them arranged as equalizers.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird


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