GLASS CEILING

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GLASS CEILING

Specialty Definition: GLASS CEILING

Domain	Definition
Diversity	Term for the maximum position and salary some claim minorities and women are allowed to reach without any chances of further promotion or advancement within an employment scenario. (references)
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Modern Usage: GLASS CEILING

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling (1995)

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Commercial Usage: GLASS CEILING

Domain	Title
Books	Dancing on the Glass Ceiling : Tap into Your True Strengths, Activate Your Vision, and Get What You Really Want out of Your Career (reference) Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	CNN: Beyond the Glass Ceiling (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: GLASS CEILING

Non-Fiction Usage: GLASS CEILING

Subject	Topic	Quote
Minorities	Mauritius	Some minorities, usually Creoles and Muslims, allege that a glass ceiling exists within the upper echelons of the civil service that prevents them from reaching the highest levels. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: GLASS CEILING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
glass ceiling	137
the glass ceiling	35
woman and glass ceiling	21
glass ceiling light	16
glass ceiling fan	5
stained glass ceiling fan	5
glass ceiling effect	4
breaking the glass ceiling	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: GLASS CEILING

Language		Translations for "GLASS CEILING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		gläserne wand, unsichtbare wand. (various references)

Pig Latin		assglay eilingcay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: GLASS CEILING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-g-i-i-l-l-n-s-s"
	-2 letters: anglicises, legalising.
	-3 letters: anglicise, cagelings, gingellis, salicines, signalise.
	-4 letters: ainsells, alleging, allicins, cageling, caginess, callings, ceilings, classing, gainless, galleins, gingalls, gingelis, gingelli, glaceing, glacises, glassine, glassing, gneissic, laciness, laicises, leasings, sailings, salicine, salicins, sanicles, sensilla, signages, silicles, sniggles.
	-5 letters: ageings, ainsell, allicin, angelic, anglice, calling, caseins, casings, ceasing, ceiling, celling, cessing, galenic, gallein, gallies.
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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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