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Recent Examples of gray market
Mercenary spyware firms employ highly skilled engineers to either develop in-house or purchase software vulnerabilities from gray market firms, known as exploits or zero days, of which manufacturers of consumer devices and applications are not yet aware.
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Ronald J. Deibert, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, reports indicate that gray market resellers are utilizing entities registered outside China to purchase servers incorporating Nvidia’s latest offerings from companies based in several countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ronald J. Deibert, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2025
These are professional shoplifters backed by criminal organizations that plan large-scale thefts and fence the products on the gray market, often selling across state lines or through the internet.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Apr. 2025
Resellers operating in the gray market have reportedly been using entities registered outside of China to acquire Nvidia’s newest chips, including the Blackwell GPUs—which are prohibited from being sold to Chinese customers—via companies based in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Nevertheless, reports indicate that gray market resellers are utilizing entities registered outside China to purchase servers incorporating Nvidia’s latest offerings from companies based in several countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray market
Noun
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Because of this, countries seeking out nuclear weapons often must turn to black markets or other clandestine methods in order to obtain the raw materials for fissile material — which is time-consuming and expensive.—
Brendan Rascius
July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The Pyongyang regime also bought technology and hardware abroad through front companies or on the black market, according to U.N. monitors.—
Dan De Luce,
NBC news,
28 June 2025
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Under a decadeslong free trade agreement, South Korean tariffs on most U.S. goods are already zero, meaning there are fewer concessions Seoul can offer, analysts say.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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An administration official said the expectation was that imports the United States currently taxes at 25% would rise to 35%, but that those exempted by the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement would continue to be exempted.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray%20market. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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