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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New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
However, there are safety concerns and a gray area about the potentially longevity-boosting therapy.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025
The show preys on the audience’s foggy memory, leading us into a gray area where both Laura and Cherry are to blame for the show’s cliffhanger events.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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