Thesaurus results for GRAY MARKET

gray market

noun

as in black market

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Recent Examples of gray market Outside of the clinic, an eager gray market has sprung up, selling unofficial versions of the drugs. —

Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026 Once a gray market is thriving, who, if anyone, will foot the bill for rigorous research? —

Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026 But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability. —

Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025 The federal change responded to a gray market created by the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized intoxicating hemp with few limits. —

Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gray market

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Prices for some Nvidia servers in China have doubled to nearly $1 million as a crackdown on chip smuggling has dried up black market supply amid a rush to secure access to top semiconductors.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
More than 350 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa over the past year, driven by a black market where rhino horn can fetch prices higher than gold, per the New York Post.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026