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Recent Examples of gray market
Outside of the clinic, an eager gray market has sprung up, selling unofficial versions of the drugs.
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Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Once a gray market is thriving, who, if anyone, will foot the bill for rigorous research?
—Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The federal change responded to a gray market created by the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized intoxicating hemp with few limits.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2025
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Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Once a gray market is thriving, who, if anyone, will foot the bill for rigorous research?
—Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
But the size of the gray market may be fundamentally at odds with its viability.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The federal change responded to a gray market created by the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized intoxicating hemp with few limits.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gray market
Noun
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Criminalizing hemp and marijuana drives the black market and helps the cartels, not the people.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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Researchers warn, however, that bans do little to address addiction while moving users to back streets and the black market.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Tech firms were quick to abandon their once-proud commitments to diversity and defense of immigrants following the 2024 election and quietly acquiesced to Trump’s attacks on once-scared cows like higher education, free trade and the rule of law.—
Jonathan Weber,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gray%20market. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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