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gray area
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Princeton's WordNet
grey area, gray areanoun
an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
Wiktionary
gray areanoun
A part that is not clear or certain; something that is open to interpretation.
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gray area
A gray area refers to a situation, subject, or concept that is unclear, undefined, uncertain, or lacks explicit rules, making it difficult to determine the right course of action or make a distinction between right and wrong. It's a situation typically open to interpretation or individual judgement.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gray area in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gray area in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of gray area in a Sentence
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:
There is no gray area here. It is time for Sen. McConnell and Speaker Ryan to find the backbone to say: 'Enough,'.
There appears to be some gray area where companies may be able to ship to Huawei through third party distributors, but it's not clear, i do expect some sort of a handshake for window dressing, but not a clear resolution with details coming out.
If in doubt, let the speech exist, if it's a gray area, I would say, let the tweet exist. But obviously in the case where there's perhaps a lot of controversy, you would not necessarily want to promote that tweet.
If the single parent is walking home and can’t prove that they're ‘important’ by having money or high-value items taken from them, it may be really hard, which goes back to the ‘just cause’ requirement of the insurance of the CCW. Having ‘just cause’ is too big of a gray area. That means it's up for interpretation of the person interviewing you and can lead to underlying bias.
We are thankfully not at a moment of civil war, but we are certainly at a time of testing, we are absolutely in a moment where we have to make a decision about whether we're going to put our love of this country above partisanship. And to me, there's just, there's no gray area in that question.
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