playing field

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In many cases, the data was industry relativized so that each company could be judged against all of the others on a level playing field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But we show that if you could identify it, you’d have a level playing field to compare humans, invertebrates, and computers.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

“I don’t ever recall a playing field that looks like this one. Usually there’s a clear front-runner,” said veteran Democratic strategist Darry Sragow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Italian Job legend Michael Caine, 93, "levelled the playing field quite quickly" when they worked together on 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

So they regrouped all of their forces around ten adjacent instances of the Zork playing field near the planet’s south pole.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline