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  • noun Alternative spelling of greylist.
  • verb Alternative spelling of greylist.

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Examples

  • In a "graylist," the OECD listed an additional 38 territories as those that "have committed to the internationally agreed tax standard, but have not yet substantially implemented" the measures.

    Blacklisted Tax Havens Pledge to Share Data Gabriele Parussini 2009

  • But there is also a 'graylist' and 'whitelist' of countries that could potentially impact

    Stabroek News 2009

  • But there is also a 'graylist' and 'whitelist' of countries that could potentially impact

    Stabroek News 2009

  • Personally, I find that between the blacklist/graylist and the open proxy checks, WordPress catches most of the spam on its own.

    SpamLookup plugin for MovableType 2005

  • As much as they scream "McCarthyism," there is a "graylist" there that sees people not get hired because they don't toe the Leftist line.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias Ken Shepherd 2010

  • For example, Bert Preluksy uses a bit of history to clarify some myths about the McCarthy era and the blacklist, then These days, there is another blacklist taking place, but they're calling it a graylist because the victims are scriptwriters who made the stupid career decision of allowing themselves to become gray-haired or, in some distinguished cases, even bald.

    Word Around the Net 2009

  • Conservative novelist Andrew Klavan likewise groused last year in the Washington Post, "Hollywood moviemakers … have been telling lies - loudly, constantly and almost always in support of a left-wing point of view … (For conservatives) the door is shut, the fix is in, and the blacklist - or least a graylist - is alive and well."

    unknown title 2009

  • And of course, it’s rare that any of the first few ever show up anyways, because at least 99% of those are caught the standard WordPress graylist/blacklist functions.

    SpamValve update 2005

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