redress the balance
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The letter is a belated attempt to redress the balance.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
However, in a post-pandemic cutthroat job market, some young men feel that attempts to redress the balance have gone too far.
From Reuters ● Mar. 18, 2022
They have said the law needs to be changed to redress the balance of power between regulator and manufacturer.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
The mastermind behind Keychange, Vanessa Reed, said the rise in all-female lineups this year was a necessary phase to help redress the balance.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
He says, waving his fork, that if we continue to overbreed as a species, a new epidemic will arise to redress the balance.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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