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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Bud Black found himself in a gray area and left red-faced again.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
Everything is a gray area, and writing from there is very interesting.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
This can relieve pressure on teachers to understand every potential use of AI and make sure students aren’t left standing in a gray area without guidance.
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This is her husband, and the texts are [in] that weird gray area…where, like, the texts are too cute.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
Everything is a gray area, and writing from there is very interesting.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
This can relieve pressure on teachers to understand every potential use of AI and make sure students aren’t left standing in a gray area without guidance.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
This is her husband, and the texts are [in] that weird gray area…where, like, the texts are too cute.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 10 Feb. 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 11 Apr. 2025.
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