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Recent Examples of gray market
New research is shedding light on the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar gray market for video game cheats.
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Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
You shouldn’t be worried as long as the filler is FDA-approved, purchased from a legitimate source (not gray market) and injected by a qualified professional.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Existing in somewhat of a gray market in Maryland over the past several years, local hemp businesses have been able to grow, process and sell their products without the need for a cannabis license.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025
The city is moving aggressively to shut down the once-thriving gray market — a matter of public safety, and also essential for the legal medical cannabis industry to thrive.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 24 Apr. 2025
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Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
You shouldn’t be worried as long as the filler is FDA-approved, purchased from a legitimate source (not gray market) and injected by a qualified professional.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
Existing in somewhat of a gray market in Maryland over the past several years, local hemp businesses have been able to grow, process and sell their products without the need for a cannabis license.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025
The city is moving aggressively to shut down the once-thriving gray market — a matter of public safety, and also essential for the legal medical cannabis industry to thrive.
—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray market
Noun
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When criminal networks adapted and began selling those elements on the black market, China worked to thwart those exports, too.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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These monitors also have insight into some of the grey and black market.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Even with other democratic countries, Biden and his team devoted little attention to expanding free trade agreements and fueled economic tensions with allies, especially South Korea and Japan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Detroit’s reliance on the auto industry hurt the city as free trade agreements, automation and incentives from southern states sent jobs away.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray%20market. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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