gray
adjective
of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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For the spouses who are caught off guard, thinking their mate’s worst setback for the next few decades will be graying hair and a paunch, it’s a shock.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2020