grey zone

collocation in English

meanings of greyand zone

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grey
adjective
uk /ɡreɪ/ us /ɡreɪ/
of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of ...
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zone
noun
uk /zəʊn/ us /zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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Examples of grey zone

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No results were in the greyzone.
But there is a greyzone.
The greyzone highlights the supersonic regime, the white zone indicates the subsonic region.
In part, the notion of the greyzone seeks to address this problem.
This generated a 'greyzone' between the social spheres of domination and dissent.
This connection: (a) draws attention to the existence of the greyzone of politics, and (b) highlights the continuities between routine politics and collective violence.
Thus does 'the disaster', like 'the accident', lead us into an interpretive greyzone with consequences not just for the participants, but for academic discourse.
These structural shortcomings therefore stand in the way of solving the problem of the greyzone.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This gap, the famous greyzone, is sometimes giving rise to one or two years' delay.
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The problem of the greyzone between relief and rehabilitation is well-known.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I think we can all be agreed that improvements need to be made in the greyzone between relief and development.
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We also need a framework directive, because the employees who are affected have been working in a greyzone for a long time now.
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There are little to no mineral or petroleum resources in the greyzone; however, there is a valuable lobster fishery.
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Between 45 and 54 repeats is considered a greyzone, with a premutation allele generally considered to be between 55 and 200 repeats in length.
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