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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Hundreds of millions of dollars had already been wagered on the 2024 election, but all of those bets were made in a legal gray area, Axios' Brady Dale reports. —

Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 Content that falls in a gray area — like weight loss tips, body checking, and using medication or supplements for weight loss — is restricted to viewers who are 18 years and older, and in some cases, can be ineligible for the for-you page. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024 In the latter, the best moment of interplay was when Colbert threw the perfect punch line on Kendrick’s story by gently reminding her that magic mushrooms are a legal gray area. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 Some unscrupulous types take advantage of the legal gray area. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gray area