gray area
noun
: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong
There are no gray areas in the rules.
a legal gray area
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Leaders of opposing parties, their platforms and their views, became either all good or all bad in the eyes of constituents, with very little gray area permitted.
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Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
There’s just this big, very gray area that question is living within.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
However, there’s a gray area around what will happen if ACIP recommendations differ from CDC recommendations, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
What remains a gray area, though, is how the city can legally — and politically — tap the money in the absence of an expansion project.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
There’s just this big, very gray area that question is living within.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
However, there’s a gray area around what will happen if ACIP recommendations differ from CDC recommendations, experts say.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
What remains a gray area, though, is how the city can legally — and politically — tap the money in the absence of an expansion project.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for gray area
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“Gray area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20area. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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