Equalizer
noun
Something that makes a situation fair, or balanced.
Scoring a goal just before half-time was the equalizer they needed.
Often appears as...
- score an equalizer
- needed equalizer
noun
A device in audio equipment used to adjust volume levels for different frequencies of sound.
The equalizer was adjusted to enhance the lower tones of the music.
Often appears as...
- adjust the equalizer
- equalizer settings
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noun
Something that makes a situation fair, or balanced.
Scoring a goal just before half-time was the equalizer they needed.
Often appears as...
- score an equalizer
- needed equalizer
noun
A device in audio equipment used to adjust volume levels for different frequencies of sound.
The equalizer was adjusted to enhance the lower tones of the music.
Often appears as...
- adjust the equalizer
- equalizer settings
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Equality
Often used in sports to describe achieving the same score, creating equal chances of winning.
After a tense match, Jackson scored the equalizer, leveling the game at 2-2.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Variety
Can refer to anything that evens the playing field, not just sports or competition.
The new policy served as an equalizer by giving all employees the same opportunity.
Pro Tip 3/3Conflict Resolution
Can symbolize a factor that resolves a conflict or discrepancy.
In the debate, the new evidence was the equalizer, settling the argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Equality
Often used in sports to describe achieving the same score, creating equal chances of winning.
After a tense match, Jackson scored the equalizer, leveling the game at 2-2.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Variety
Can refer to anything that evens the playing field, not just sports or competition.
The new policy served as an equalizer by giving all employees the same opportunity.
Pro Tip 3/3Conflict Resolution
Can symbolize a factor that resolves a conflict or discrepancy.
In the debate, the new evidence was the equalizer, settling the argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Sporting Equality
Often used in sports to describe achieving the same score, creating equal chances of winning.
After a tense match, Jackson scored the equalizer, leveling the game at 2-2.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Variety
Can refer to anything that evens the playing field, not just sports or competition.
The new policy served as an equalizer by giving all employees the same opportunity.
Pro Tip 3/3Conflict Resolution
Can symbolize a factor that resolves a conflict or discrepancy.
In the debate, the new evidence was the equalizer, settling the argument.
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Jonathan Haidt: The...
And how will it end up being different from a kid born 60 miles south of us, in Lynchburg, Virginia? To think about culture variation, let's try a different metaphor. If there really are five systems at work in the mind, five sources of intuitions and emotions, then we can think of the moral mind as one of those audio equalizers that has five channels,
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Saving Animals Through...
photographed her, sweetest rhino ever. And at the end of the shoot, she was tired and she laid down and went to sleep. And she died seven days later. And now the world has four. And they're all too old to breed. And that's it. Why the black and white backgrounds? Well, they're the great equalizer.
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The moral roots of...
are five systems at work in the mind five sources of intuitions and emotions then we can think of the moral mind as being like one of those audio equalizers that has five channels where you can set it to a different setting on every channel and my colleagues brian nozick and jesse graham and i
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The alliances needed to...
right now the question is what happens next and the pandemic in that sense has been a great equalizer because you had to respond in the same way whether you lived in a rich country in a poor country alone or with others but it was also great an equalizer because the
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Shonda Rhimes and Cyndi...
I think it's changing every day. I mean, the rapid, rapid change that's happening is amazing. And I feel -- the panic is palpable, and I don't mean that in a bad way. I think it's kind of exciting. The idea that there's sort of an equalizer happening,
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Making high quality...
technology all these problems we are talking about if we bring development they will all disappear technology is a great equalizer how do we make it work it improves health care is cost-effective it extends opportunity to the rural centers and we
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Accessible fart machines...
that kids find so funny they were the ones telling the jokes they were the ones participating in the humor in their own way through a device that was now accessible the computer is the great equalizer if you can access a computer
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle gear she held up a dagger a quiver of arrows and then the great equalizer i'll have to set my
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Church of Terlingua PIPE...
turned back and you would have had a means of disposal right there at your hand that would have been the great equalizer it would have gone and pletely the other way you know it's a lesson
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How America's public...
If we really, as a country, believe that education is the "great equalizer," then it should be just equal and equitable. Until then, there's no democracy in our democratic education.
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt: The...
And how will it end up being different from a kid born 60 miles south of us, in Lynchburg, Virginia? To think about culture variation, let's try a different metaphor. If there really are five systems at work in the mind, five sources of intuitions and emotions, then we can think of the moral mind as one of those audio equalizers that has five channels,
Video examples
Saving Animals Through...
photographed her, sweetest rhino ever. And at the end of the shoot, she was tired and she laid down and went to sleep. And she died seven days later. And now the world has four. And they're all too old to breed. And that's it. Why the black and white backgrounds? Well, they're the great equalizer.
Video examples
The moral roots of...
are five systems at work in the mind five sources of intuitions and emotions then we can think of the moral mind as being like one of those audio equalizers that has five channels where you can set it to a different setting on every channel and my colleagues brian nozick and jesse graham and i
Video examples
The alliances needed to...
right now the question is what happens next and the pandemic in that sense has been a great equalizer because you had to respond in the same way whether you lived in a rich country in a poor country alone or with others but it was also great an equalizer because the
Video examples
Shonda Rhimes and Cyndi...
I think it's changing every day. I mean, the rapid, rapid change that's happening is amazing. And I feel -- the panic is palpable, and I don't mean that in a bad way. I think it's kind of exciting. The idea that there's sort of an equalizer happening,
Video examples
Making high quality...
technology all these problems we are talking about if we bring development they will all disappear technology is a great equalizer how do we make it work it improves health care is cost-effective it extends opportunity to the rural centers and we
Video examples
Accessible fart machines...
that kids find so funny they were the ones telling the jokes they were the ones participating in the humor in their own way through a device that was now accessible the computer is the great equalizer if you can access a computer
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle gear she held up a dagger a quiver of arrows and then the great equalizer i'll have to set my
Video examples
Church of Terlingua PIPE...
turned back and you would have had a means of disposal right there at your hand that would have been the great equalizer it would have gone and pletely the other way you know it's a lesson
Video examples
How America's public...
If we really, as a country, believe that education is the "great equalizer," then it should be just equal and equitable. Until then, there's no democracy in our democratic education.
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Antony Gormley
British Artist
I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun.
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Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
Dissolution and custody matters are the great equalizers. Having done this for a while, you do realize that everybody has the same issues. It doesn't matter how much money you have or how much power you have, you are always afraid you're never going to see your child.
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Bobby Seale
American Activist
On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.
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Candace Bushnell
American Writer
Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the saying, 'If you have your health, you have everything,' and it's true. Old age, disease - these are the great equalizers.
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Jimmy Smits
American Actor
I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
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Paul Newman
American Actor
Every time we get into an argument about cooking or laundering shirts, she shakes her Oscar at me, and I'm dead in the water. It would be a great equalizer now after 33 years.
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Jimmy Carter
American President
Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.
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Audrey MacLean
American Businesswoman
Math is the great equalizer. If you can do the numbers, the boys have to respect you.
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Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education.
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Antony Gormley
British Artist
I think that the equator could act as a great equalizer for all life on Earth, celebrated as the great energy belt of the planet. If all our energy grids were synchronized, the light side of the planet could provide energy for the dark side, according to the movement of the sun.
Quote examples
Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
Dissolution and custody matters are the great equalizers. Having done this for a while, you do realize that everybody has the same issues. It doesn't matter how much money you have or how much power you have, you are always afraid you're never going to see your child.
Quote examples
Bobby Seale
American Activist
On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.
Quote examples
Candace Bushnell
American Writer
Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the saying, 'If you have your health, you have everything,' and it's true. Old age, disease - these are the great equalizers.
Quote examples
Jimmy Smits
American Actor
I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
Quote examples
Paul Newman
American Actor
Every time we get into an argument about cooking or laundering shirts, she shakes her Oscar at me, and I'm dead in the water. It would be a great equalizer now after 33 years.
Quote examples
Jimmy Carter
American President
Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.
Quote examples
Audrey MacLean
American Businesswoman
Math is the great equalizer. If you can do the numbers, the boys have to respect you.
Quote examples
Soren Kierkegaard
Danish Philosopher
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.
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John T. Chambers
American Businessman
There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education.
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