gray area
noun
: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong
There are no gray areas in the rules.
a legal gray area
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The gray area that enables rich, crafty, people to register their supercars and hypercars to a shell LLC formed in Montana instead of themselves personally in their home state.
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
That’s why there was no gray area during a conversation Locke and Parker shared just before Parker left to coach in Philadelphia in 2024.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Most of Amazon’s releases exist in a gray area — passable if Hollywood is willing to grade on a curve, but downright disastrous to anyone else.
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Signing Murray leaves McCarthy in a gray area, given how important meaningful reps are for his ultimate growth.
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
That’s why there was no gray area during a conversation Locke and Parker shared just before Parker left to coach in Philadelphia in 2024.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Most of Amazon’s releases exist in a gray area — passable if Hollywood is willing to grade on a curve, but downright disastrous to anyone else.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Signing Murray leaves McCarthy in a gray area, given how important meaningful reps are for his ultimate growth.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gray area
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“Gray area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20area. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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