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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
there's a ceiling on prices
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Recent Examples of ceiling
Floor-to-ceiling glass windows reveal the thick blanket of gray skies in the background as well.
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The new 12,000-square-foot store has higher ceilings, more gasoline fueling pumps, a two-bay drive-thru car wash, additional parking and a separate diesel fueling area, according to village documents.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
And there was blood on a metal pole that ran from the floor through the ceiling near where Skull had been sitting.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Check for dust on the top shelves of closets, ceiling fan blades, and behind appliances like refrigerators, washers, and dryers.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The new 12,000-square-foot store has higher ceilings, more gasoline fueling pumps, a two-bay drive-thru car wash, additional parking and a separate diesel fueling area, according to village documents.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
And there was blood on a metal pole that ran from the floor through the ceiling near where Skull had been sitting.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Check for dust on the top shelves of closets, ceiling fan blades, and behind appliances like refrigerators, washers, and dryers.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ceiling
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Led by Zurich, played by Trevor Jackson, the group is pushed to their mental and physical limits while trying to maintain their grades, relationships, and sense of self.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
16 Oct. 2025
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What’s more, these systems can generate more output, allowing the efficiency of a quantum engine to exceed the conventional Carnot limit.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The jump in homeless students, advocates say, represents a swell in local families who have no roof over their heads.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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Some readers may be very familiar with these exact swirls on the roof, hood and trunk of their cars.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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And some studies finding positive results, such as the one mentioned above, have had significant limitations, including small sample sizes and potential conflicts of interest due to industry funding.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
18 Oct. 2025
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These decisions have significantly affected the availability of polling places, early voting, absentee ballot eligibility, and even the provision of food and water to voters waiting in lines for hours to vote, likely due to limitations mentioned above.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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In a city where summer heat outpaces shade, Pittsburg is taking steps to expand its urban tree canopy to ensure that every neighborhood, especially those impacted by rising temperatures and air quality issues, benefit from more trees.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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That extends from the light red bathroom tiles that mimic shiny, brick walls to an intertwining, metal branch sculpture canopy that greets visitors.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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The agency is instead holding people in jails, prisons or tent encampments – the first and largest on the Fort Bliss military base in Texas – before deporting them.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The homeless tents are banned, and now the next enforcement wave has begun.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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FinalSpark collaborates with ethicists to ensure the research remains within clear moral boundaries.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Here are simple steps every parent can take right now to set boundaries and strengthen their teen's safety on Instagram.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The crypto investment amounted to less than 1% of the total assets managed by the board which was more than $162 billion as of the end of 2024.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Ceiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceiling. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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