Ceiling in example sentence

But, and it's a big but, we cannot let our collective resource use overshoot that outer circle, the ecological ceiling, because there we put so much pressure on this extraordinary planet that we begin to kick it out of kilter.

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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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