gray area

Example Sentences

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“The gauge is gone. The gray area is gone.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

But unlike their colleagues in London and New York, the Budapest analysts work in a regulatory gray area.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

I’ve been hosting on Airbnb for a few years, and I’ve recently found myself in a bit of a gray area, morally speaking.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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