invisible glass
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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To ask Jasleen if she needs water, Ms. Jimenez mimes tipping back an invisible glass.
From New York Times
It collided with the invisible glass again and again, bumping its tiny head, until Mo opened the window and let it out.
From Literature
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True, women did seem unable to climb the career ladder beyond the lowest rung of middle management, but I argued that the "invisible glass ceiling" - the barriers to advancement that were cultural not personal - was doing the bulk of the damage to women's career aspirations and opportunities.
From BBC
Her aunt and namesake was Katharine Burr Blodgett, a General Electric scientist who helped invent a special kind of nonreflecting “invisible” glass that is the prototype for coatings used today on camera lenses.
From Washington Post
Finally she kicks and shatters the previously invisible glass parallel to the screen's surface, like the one in Namuth's Pollock film.
From Los Angeles Times
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