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

But the group argues the public would be safer if peptides were handled by regulated compounding pharmacies instead of the gray market.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

These dangers are the fruits of the gray market, not of legalization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

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