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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Violations of survivor confidentiality, retaliatory conduct by staff, or ethical breakdowns within mission delivery often fall into a regulatory gray area.
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Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Trump gives update on potential buyers TikTok restored to Apple App Store and Google Play as ban still looms without a deal Trump's 75-day extension of TikTok ban falls into 'gray area,' experts say.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Bud Black found himself in a gray area and left red-faced again.
—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
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Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Trump gives update on potential buyers TikTok restored to Apple App Store and Google Play as ban still looms without a deal Trump's 75-day extension of TikTok ban falls into 'gray area,' experts say.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Bud Black found himself in a gray area and left red-faced again.
—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
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“Gray area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20area. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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