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gray market

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as in black market

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Recent Examples of gray market The exploit allowed hackers to take over and flip valuable Instagram accounts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on the gray market before Meta implemented an emergency patch on May 29. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026 The state also seems determined to roll back the contraband goods, unreported employment, and tax evasion of the gray market, which is estimated to be responsible for up to 25% of Russia’s GDP. — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2026 Already popular on the online peptide gray market, the new drug, originally developed by Eli Lilly, caused participants in a recent clinical study to lose more than a quarter of their body weight over 80 weeks at the highest dose—results comparable to bariatric surgery. — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 29 May 2026 But, as the NYT notes, though the 14 peptides were technically restricted by the government (meaning compounding pharmacies were not allowed to produce them), consumers could still purchase them via the online gray market and play doctor from the comfort of their kitchen. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gray market

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The lobster had been intended for delivery to Costco stores in Illinois and Minnesota but, most likely ended up being sold on the black market to restaurants or distributors.

— Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Pacific Island states have become a transit point for lucrative black market cocaine and methamphetamine shipments to Australia and New Zealand from as far as South America and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

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Washington has spent six years trying to conclude what would be America’s first free trade agreement in sub-Saharan Africa, with Kenya, this was meant to be one of the aims of AGOA.

— Daniele Nyirandutiye, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
The two leaders pledged to pursue a Canada-Philippines free trade agreement, deepen defense and maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, and strengthen economic ties supported by Canada’s one million-strong Filipino community.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of free trade

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