Ceiling in example sentence

The Democrats had argued that the increase in the debt ceiling and extension of appropriations should last for only three months, thus forcing the Republicans to take electorally risky votes before the 2018 elections.

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So for a long time in the economic sphere, we've lived with the term "glass ceiling."

For one thing, it puts men and women in a really antagonistic relationship with one another, because the men are these devious tricksters up there who've put up this glass ceiling.

And we're always below the glass ceiling, the women.

And we have a lot of skill and experience, but it's a trick, so how are you supposed to prepare to get through that glass ceiling?

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