gray market

Example Sentences

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But the group argues the public would be safer if peptides were handled by regulated compounding pharmacies instead of the gray market.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Retatrutide is so effective that a gray market for bootleg versions of the drug, which hasn’t been approved for sale, has been thriving for more than two years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

The agency will have to choose whether to formally authorize some of these products, to allow the current gray market to continue, or to attempt a broader crackdown.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2024

“He tried to bring some order into this otherwise chaotic, gray market economy,” Karen Sosa, who represented Cho, said in her opening statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

There were also dark secrets people didn’t much talk about, along with a gray market of gossip that could spread the ill-informed rumor as fast as any IM or text network.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel