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The phrase "gray area" is correct and can be used in written English
It is usually used to describe something that is not clearly defined, or something that is difficult to classify or quantify. For example, "What acceptable levels of risk are considered acceptable is often a gray area."
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Gray area
noun
Alternative form of grey area
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No gray area.
"I'm in the gray area".
"That was a gray area".
"There was no gray area.
There's really no gray area".
Legally, it's a gray area.
And that's the gray area.
"It leaves no gray area.
It's more paralegal, a gray area".
Lesbians' freedom exists in a gray area.
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