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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Digging fence posts in the winter or replacing a roof in the rain are immediate passes; painting in the summer is more of a gray area.
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Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025
The lending scheme appears to have fallen in a gray area for state and federal securities regulations.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025
The prohibition extends to online gambling for U.S. residents, though informal office pools remain a legal gray area.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In Thunderbolts*, Stan's Bucky rather fittingly gets to occupy the gray area between good and evil.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 May 2025
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Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025
The lending scheme appears to have fallen in a gray area for state and federal securities regulations.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 13 May 2025
The prohibition extends to online gambling for U.S. residents, though informal office pools remain a legal gray area.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In Thunderbolts*, Stan's Bucky rather fittingly gets to occupy the gray area between good and evil.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 May 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 27 May. 2025.
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