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 Diallo shooting, in other words, falls into a kind of gray area, the middle ground between deliberate and accidental.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
