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equal opportunity

NOUN
affirmative action
Synonyms
WEAK
anti-discrimination equal rights policy even break fair hiring fair hiring practices fair shake fair treatment limited choice nondiscrimination positive discrimination quota system reverse discrimination
NOUN
equality
Synonyms
STRONGEST
civil rights coordination fairness identity impartiality parity tolerance
STRONG
commensurateness correspondence equatability equilibrium equipoise equivalence evenness homology likeness par parallelism sameness uniformity
WEAK
adequation fair play fair practice fair shake isonomy
Antonyms
STRONG
difference disagreement dissimilarity unlikeness
WEAK
disproportion imbalance inequality unfairness
NOUN
level playing field
Synonyms
WEAK
equal rights equity justice proportion symmetry

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"To give equal opportunity, sometimes you need to inject," said Arsenal manager Renee Slegers.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

This often comes up as an issue when it comes to selling advertising time—they can’t just sell advertising time to one side without offering an equal opportunity to the other.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

It also guarantees that minorities have an equal opportunity “to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Both sides of this debate had an equal opportunity to express their views.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

Peace without justice and equal opportunity is no Peace.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson