equalizer
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- noun
- /ˈiːkwəˌlaɪzər/
- US
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- Health is the great equalizer and you can never outrun your health.
- the great equalizer
- a social equalizer
- an equalizer that helps
It's the great equalizer and we all have the same gift of being here on this planet.
- It's the great equalizer and we all have the same gift of being here on this planet.
- And then the great equalizer is the terrain, you know, so you can only recover from so many mistakes.
- The great equalizer, Tom, is social media.
- It's like everybody has the same quit, don't quit conversation in their head when it comes to it is it's an equalizer and it goes beyond economic status.
Examples
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Technology can be a great equalizer.
Academic text (1996) -
Education is and always will be the great equalizer, the best vehicle for enabling people to actually live the kind of lives they want to live.
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It's the great equalizer and we all have the same gift of being here on this planet.
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For me, the great equalizer has been my Christian faith.
Blog text (6) -
Education is perceived as the single greatest equalizer of status and income, and a society that cannot assure it to all its members is neither desirable nor sustainable.
Academic text (1995) -
School libraries are a great equalizer for student learning because they provide students with direct access to a diverse collection of high-quality books for independent reading and growth.
Academic text (2015) -
Mann viewed the common school as the great equalizer of American society and promoted good teachers, an increasing number of them women, as the very foundation of the system.
Academic text (2002) -
Ferdman (1990) sees the educational system as a great equalizer and the institution that can and should provide citizens with the tools they need to be productive members of society.
Academic text (2004) -
Faith in our Western model of education has been supported not only by our belief that it is valuable and desirable but also by our commitment since the mid-19th century to education as the "great equalizer" and an enlightened mechanism for positive social engineering (Dewey, 1916).
Academic text (2008) -
Education serves as an important equalizer, providing all individuals with a chance to succeed regardless of their background.
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Etymology
Equalizer uses the root equal, meaning 'make even' or 'fair'. A social equalizer is a policy or factor that helps make chances more 'equal' for people, so its name shows its purpose.