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Definition of "grey" []

  • Variant of gray1. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grey" in a sentence
  • "As a Gibson employee wrote in an internal email about how the company could get Madagascar wood onto what it called the "grey market": "All legal timber and wood exports are prohibited because of widespread corruption and theft of valuable woods like rosewood and ebony.""
  • "In addition, there are approximately 12 patriots, such as Mthetheleli Mncube and Robert McBride, whom the regime has unilaterally lumped together into what it calls the grey-area category."
  • "He's raising the V-sign to what he calls grey-haired, corrupt, politicians advocating a revolution in Italian politics."