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Discover LudwigThe phrase "broke the ceiling" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used metaphorically to describe someone achieving great success or surpassing a limit or barrier. Example: Despite facing numerous obstacles and challenges, she broke the ceiling and became the first female CEO of the company.
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Kadcyla still broke the ceiling.
That's why he broke the ceiling of photography prices.
The purchase broke the ceiling on my expenditure for glass, ever.
"Today, all the Saudi women are recognizing that you broke the ceiling one more time for Saudi women, and we thank you for that," Ms. Obaid said to Mr. Annan at the news conference.
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Sanctions on countries that broke the ceilings would be more automatic than they are now.Whether or not all this requires a full-blown and disruptive—change to the EU treaties is a matter ofull-blown andte.
"You've got to be bold as an association and break the ceiling," he said.
It could also attract important contemporary art collectors, with deeper pockets, breaking the ceiling on prices in the provincial realm of outsider art and setting self-aggrandizing records.
We managed to break the ceiling with a hammer and squeezed ourselves through a hole onto the roof.
"I hope I inspire a generation of young British kids to break the ceiling and go for it".
U.S. soccer breaks the ceiling with Women's World Cup win.
"The idea is to break the ceiling for the industry and watch the tidal wave come in as it booms, like Nollywood today".
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