gray area

Example Sentences

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That was a huge burden on our editors, especially since it was still a gray area.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

If the new rules are a gray area, it’s more clear cut elsewhere.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

And there’s very little room for any gray area in the middle — and certainly even fewer people who want to have an intelligent, patient discussion about these polarities.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

At the same time, it recently announced a systems upgrade that is likely to curtail the technique, which other market participants see as falling into a regulatory gray area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

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