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Recent Examples of gray market
But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability.
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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
To this end, Cucinelli urged the independent players to tap into the online commerce without betraying their identity of exclusivity and desirability, subtly reprimanding those who embraced the gray market outright.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
This loophole fueled a $28 billion gray market, which states are now slowly dismantling—though some have already moved to regulate the industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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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
To this end, Cucinelli urged the independent players to tap into the online commerce without betraying their identity of exclusivity and desirability, subtly reprimanding those who embraced the gray market outright.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
This loophole fueled a $28 billion gray market, which states are now slowly dismantling—though some have already moved to regulate the industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray market
Noun
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Antioch and Contra Costa County have become notorious for black market grow operations, often hidden in nondescript suburban homes.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, livers go for a pretty penny on the black market, which means Ritchson's character has to fight a bunch of bad guys who really want to steal that liver.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The second round of negotiations between the United States and Mexico on the United States-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, the USMCA, was slated to begin in Mexico City.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Sheinbaum’s comments came as the second round of negotiations between the United States and Mexico on the North American free trade agreement, the USMCA, begins in Mexico City.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray%20market. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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