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
Examples of gray area in a Sentence
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The overlap between the CARE Act and other existing LPS codes — where voluntary treatment becomes involuntary commitment — remains a gray area that will probably require coloring in, Shaner said.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
In terms of legal status, Delta 8 is currently in a legal gray area.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
But there is still a little gray area entering the preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders.
—Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
That was a legal gray area at the time, since songs prior to that year had not been covered by federal sound recording copyrights.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 28 July 2023
This addition to the statute has added enough gray area that a lawsuit has now come forward.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2023
As a result, producers and distributors of delta 8 products often navigate a gray area in terms of federal legality.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Effortlessly dodging, and sometimes subtly parodying, every maudlin cliché of the true-crime genre, the three-part HBO series, debuting Aug. 13, is a first-person odyssey through the legal gray area of call-center fundraising.
—Time, 10 Aug. 2023
There’s a not-so-secret gray area between retention and acquisition, however: tampering.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
In terms of legal status, Delta 8 is currently in a legal gray area.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
But there is still a little gray area entering the preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders.
—Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
That was a legal gray area at the time, since songs prior to that year had not been covered by federal sound recording copyrights.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 28 July 2023
This addition to the statute has added enough gray area that a lawsuit has now come forward.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2023
As a result, producers and distributors of delta 8 products often navigate a gray area in terms of federal legality.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Effortlessly dodging, and sometimes subtly parodying, every maudlin cliché of the true-crime genre, the three-part HBO series, debuting Aug. 13, is a first-person odyssey through the legal gray area of call-center fundraising.
—Time, 10 Aug. 2023
There’s a not-so-secret gray area between retention and acquisition, however: tampering.
—Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Gray area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20area. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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