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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Narrative nonfiction exists in a gray area, somewhere between reporting and poetry, and the checker’s job is to break an essay into its component parts, confirm what’s true, and fix what’s false.
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Isabel Clara Ruehl
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
But in the gray area between sharing some parts of your life outside of work and keeping it professional, your boss might accidentally cross the line.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2025
Leaders of opposing parties, their platforms and their views, became either all good or all bad in the eyes of constituents, with very little gray area permitted.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
There’s just this big, very gray area that question is living within.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
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Isabel Clara Ruehl
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
But in the gray area between sharing some parts of your life outside of work and keeping it professional, your boss might accidentally cross the line.
—Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 15 May 2025
Leaders of opposing parties, their platforms and their views, became either all good or all bad in the eyes of constituents, with very little gray area permitted.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
There’s just this big, very gray area that question is living within.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 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 19 Jun. 2025.
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