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glass ceiling

noun as in prevention from advancement

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Democratic women don’t hold a monopoly on breaking glass ceilings.

We all know about that figurative glass ceiling composed of laws and traditions holding women down.

From Time

I’m sure you know the concept of the glass ceiling, which describes how women have a hard time rising to the top of organizations.

A program like this in SEO could be the game changer that bridges the gap and helps more women gain the needed visibility and shatter glass ceilings only touched by male SEOs.

Barring something unforeseeable, Wall Street banks’ long-standing glass ceiling is history.

From Fortune

What kind of advice would you give to young women to overcome that glass ceiling?

Many, especially those who come from an economically disadvantaged background, still face a glass ceiling.

Women come closer to breaking through the glass ceiling every day.

Joan hit the glass ceiling hard this past season and Hendricks did a great job conveying her torment and anguish.

And you will hear that your vote will be used as a “hammer to break through the glass ceiling of the Oval Office.”

Palms of all kinds filled it, whose trunks and tops often reached close up to the glass ceiling.

Through the door you enter the garden, with its tiled floor, its glass ceiling, and its low brick retaining walls.

Evergreens are banked against the brick walls, and flat reliefs are hung just under the glass ceiling.

A ground glass ceiling diffused a gay rosy light over the marble floor.

Suddenly, from the painted glass ceiling above, a mellow light has streamed p. 14down upon us all.

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On this page you'll find 2 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glass ceiling, such as: class prejudice, and social prejudice.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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