gray area

Example Sentences

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Some 51% of U.S. adults place themselves alongside Wallace in this financial gray area, according to a new survey by Edward Jones and Gallup, their first on the topic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Michael Jackson’s estate could’ve existed in this gray area forevermore, letting his memory hover somewhere between genius and joker.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 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

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