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gray area

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(a) gray area
Fig. an area of a subject or question that is difficult to put into a particular category because it is not clearly defined and may have connections or associations with more than one category. The responsibility for social studies in the college is a gray area. Several departments are involved. Publicity is a gray area in that firm. It is shared between the marketing and design divisions.
See also: area, gray


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Note: Online gambling constitutes a legal gray area, so play at your own risk.
A possible gray area involves whether the message could only be interpreted by a reasonable person as favoring or attempting to defeat a candidate.
The threat of litigation in this expanding legal gray area has compelled lenders to protect their mortgage portfolios by working with insurers and environmental consultants on new risk mitigation programs.
 
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