gray area
Example Sentences
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Regular bikes are already banned from anything designated as a “trail,” according to a city ordinance, but a spokesperson for Lee said e-bikes were a gray area that his proposal aims to address.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Cases like Monique’s highlight that gray area between passengers behaving badly, your own feelings of safety as a passenger, and official U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
It is a gray area that was being tested on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
That was a huge burden on our editors, especially since it was still a gray area.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
The city would be the hot zone, and the floating ship would be the gray area, the place of refuge for the doctors.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
