gray area

Example Sentences

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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

By definition, occupying the gray area between a bar and a restaurant, taverns aren’t fancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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

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