gray market

Example Sentences

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Part of the issue is a vast gray market and lack of regulation.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

It also spawned a gray market of Santas, reindeer and 7-foot candy canes—some marked up more than seven times the original price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

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

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