How to Use gray market in a Sentence

gray market

noun
  • And the gray market fad worries him.
    — Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The demand was so intense that a gray market sprang up for them.
    — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2021
  • But no one wants black or gray market transactions going on in front of their house.
    — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Cettire could be seen as a case study in how a company operates around the gray market.
    — New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • There haven’t been any accidents publicly known to have been caused by faulty chips purchased on the gray market.
    — Bybloomberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Still, incentives remain for customers to look to the gray market.
    — New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Once a gray market is thriving, who, if anyone, will foot the bill for rigorous research?
    — Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
  • In the absence of a decision, a bustling gray market has developed.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Black and gray market sales are available to anyone with an internet connection.
    — Brad Branan, sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Soon, a thriving gray market emerged, with BPC-157 as one of its stars.
    — Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • Disorganized rollouts and high taxes can lead to thriving gray markets.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2023
  • Ontario residents spend on online gambling flows to gray market websites.
    — Sandra Mergulhao, Bloomberg.com, 2 Nov. 2020
  • But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Outside of the clinic, an eager gray market has sprung up, selling unofficial versions of the drugs.
    — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Keep in mind that these data exclude hundreds of thousands of unlicensed, gray market personal care aides.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
  • And not everyone in the gray market welcomes the attention or the scrutiny that follows.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Even just outside Virginia, in the nation’s capital, the gray market is thriving.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Soon, the gray market expanded beyond gym subcultures.
    — Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Jackson Agar in Minnesota, says the gray market is a risk his family is just unwilling to take.
    — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Other parts of the country, have experienced a similar gray market emerge like the one in Virginia.
    — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Some people have waited hours in lines, crossed state borders for better chances, and delved into an emerging gray market in order to get access to the vaccine.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2021
  • And of the many unlicensed home care aides who work in gray market, many are immigrants, including many who are undocumented.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • At one point, demand was so high that the gray market was flooded with disinfectants and hygiene products, the kind that would strip your hands of skin along with any bacteria.
    — Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Here, however, the gray market may be serving as a significant obstacle.
    — Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Law enforcement oversight has slackened for cannabis, which has put entrepreneurs in a position to sell via this gray market — or even the profitable black market across state lines.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Because of poor distribution and a lack of aid staff, most of the aid in northern Gaza can only be purchased on the gray market at inflated prices.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The tax incentives have fostered a gray market in buying and then reselling vehicles elsewhere in Europe.
    — Brett Berk, WIRED, 6 July 2019
  • Amazon reviews purchased on the gray market or written by generative AI bots?
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Manufacturers fear that unsold watches can wind up in the gray market selling at a discount, tarnishing their brands’ cachet.
    — Matthew Dalton, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The low sales figures come as the cannabis industry has been complaining about how high taxes and local-government bans are driving consumers to the black and gray markets.
    — Brad Branan, sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018

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