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The phrase "hit a glass ceiling" is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase is usually used to describe a situation in which progress is impeded due to certain social or external factors. For example, "She was an ambitious professional, but she quickly found that she had hit a glass ceiling in her field."
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Glass ceiling.
The glass ceiling is the discrimination that prevents women and minorities from getting promoted to the highest levels of companies and organisations.
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"You always hit a glass ceiling".
I have hit a glass ceiling".
Valencia have hit a glass ceiling – and maybe even a glass floor too.
So why did you think Disco Drive hit a glass ceiling?
Sometimes this is combined with a suspicion that they may have hit a glass ceiling in their adopted country.
The littlest kid in my "Peanuts" books, Sally Brown, grew older for a while and then hit a glass ceiling.
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But, when it comes to pinning down any corporate sponsors, organisers say they are "hitting a glass ceiling".
I am a woman with ambitions to lead a development organisation, but I find I am hitting a glass ceiling.
Guy Elliott, the director of the tour's organiser, SweetSpot, said: "We've been overwhelmed by the support and immediate buy-in from councils and broadcasters, but when it comes to finding sponsors we have found we are hitting a glass ceiling.
Months before Naomi Campbell wrote to the British Fashion Council about the lack of black models on British catwalks, and Kanye West spoke out about black people hitting a glass ceiling in the fashion industry, Owens formulated a plan for his spring/summer 2014 collection.
"They're hitting a glass ceiling".
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