gray market

Example Sentences

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There are also questions about how people are obtaining the peptides they want in a regulatory gray market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

He has reported on the pharmaceutical gray market, the implosion of Healthcare.gov, Medicare fraud, the blood-testing company Theranos, abuses at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Opponents, on the other hand, argue that the amount of home growth permitted — up to 144 square feet — is excessive and could create a gray market.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

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

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