How to Use gray area in a Sentence

gray area

noun
  • There's a lot up for gray area.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Yet for many brands, this is a gray area.
    — Hernan Tagliani, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But there's just a lot of gray area in this.
    — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Legally, this is not a gray area.
    — Christine Villabona-Kuntz, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Not a gray area, but clearly against the rules.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the gray area in which this debate lives.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Yeah, like, that's a murky, middle gray area.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Sean doesn’t really leave a lot of gray area.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • And in the policies that you guys give me, there won't be any gray area with me.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Insurance is kind of a gray area in of itself in this.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
  • At the center of that debate is a legal gray area.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That actually is a bit of a gray area.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Dan is so good being in the gray area, which is like being a person.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • When did viral beauty become such a gray area?
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Is there a gray area between fantasy and truth?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Locke said that Parker, like himself, hates gray area.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Dating apps exist in a legal gray area.
    — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In the middle are those who call themselves gray area drinkers, Knowles said.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In other states, a legal gray area remains.
    — Karlee Provenza, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Arcades like these often operate in a gray area of the law.
    — Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Schmitt, making his fifth career start in left field, gave chase but found himself in a gray area.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
  • There are too many problems that are nuanced, a lot of gray area, to get the policy right.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 30 May 2026
  • With some irony, it's been a gray area for diagnostics and research.
    — New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wolf dogs occupy a gray area in veterinary care.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s some gray area everyone seems to exist within now.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Service dogs in training can fall into a gray area depending on the state.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But some worry the gray area still leaves too much room for ambiguity.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
  • Everyone’s kind of fallen into a gray area.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But like any other gray area in parenting, there is more to consider than just your child’s age.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The status of corner crossing has been a legal gray area in Montana for years.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026

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