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gray market

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Definition of gray market

as in black market

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Recent Examples of gray market Currently, some consumers get them online from a risky, unregulated gray market, without ever consulting a physician. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Recently, Overton has been involved in drafting new policies for the use of peptides, short chains of amino acids that are available on the gray market but that, in many cases, have scant scientific evidence to support their safety or efficacy. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 Allowing the peptides to be compounded, Kennedy has argued, would move people away from the gray market and toward safer products. — Sara G. Miller, NBC news, 23 July 2026 That visibility has fueled a parallel gray market. — Allison Palmer updated June 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gray market

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The first operation, in June, led authorities to a box truck carrying some 2,000 animals, a mix of reptiles, fish and invertebrates that were being smuggled for sale on the black market.

— John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
But this wasn’t nearly enough for Joy Division’s rabid fanbase, and there’s been a thriving black market for bootleg concert recordings for decades, even though the sound quality of most of the tapes varies from half-decent to borderline inaudible.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2026

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Relaxed rules for Brits Travel industry insiders say the upheaval didn’t start with Thursday’s announcement, but two years ago, when the rules changed under an Australia-UK free trade agreement.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
And its failure also discredited the globalization associated with free trade and mass migration.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of free trade

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