leveler
Americannoun
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The courtroom served as a kind of leveler in an increasingly oligarchic age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
App developers regard the D.M.A. as a great leveler.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
War has been a leveler in terms of attitudes about mental health, some practitioners said, because virtually everyone is finding it difficult to cope with their circumstances and there is more acceptance of mental struggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
All of the people in the emergency room need help; acute need is a type of immediate social leveler.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2023
Architect, utility worker, maid: heart attack is the great leveler, and in those first fearful moments, three New Yorkers with little in common faced a single common threat.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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