gray market
noun
: a market employing irregular but not illegal methods
especially
: a market that legally circumvents authorized channels of distribution to sell goods at prices lower than those intended by the manufacturer
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To this end, Cucinelli urged the independent players to tap into the online commerce without betraying their identity of exclusivity and desirability, subtly reprimanding those who embraced the gray market outright.
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
This loophole fueled a $28 billion gray market, which states are now slowly dismantling—though some have already moved to regulate the industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
New research is shedding light on the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar gray market for video game cheats.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
You shouldn’t be worried as long as the filler is FDA-approved, purchased from a legitimate source (not gray market) and injected by a qualified professional.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
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Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
This loophole fueled a $28 billion gray market, which states are now slowly dismantling—though some have already moved to regulate the industry.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
New research is shedding light on the inner workings of the multimillion-dollar gray market for video game cheats.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
You shouldn’t be worried as long as the filler is FDA-approved, purchased from a legitimate source (not gray market) and injected by a qualified professional.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for gray market
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“Gray market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20market. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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