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gray market

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as in black market

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Recent Examples of gray market 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 In addition to that very concerning laundry list of potential side effects, people are currently buying Melanotan II and its peptide peers from unregulated online sources, also known as the gray market. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 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 illicit activity came to light in 2023, when the former Harvard Medical School morgue manager was indicted for conspiring to steal body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and sell them on the black market.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Caruso noted that selling any work by an artist of such exceptional stature as Antonello on the black market would be virtually impossible.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Peel, who is an expert on the Mexican cattle trade, told CNN that screwworm isn’t the primary force behind high cattle prices, and sees the issue as a fig-leaf for a broader anti-free trade agenda.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Unlike previous tariffs, the new Canada tariffs would have applied to products compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a free trade agreement.

— Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of free trade

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