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The Grey Lady or The Gray Lady may refer to:

Nicknames

"The Grey Lady" is a nickname for:

The New York Times newspaper, referring to its historical tendency to present a higher-than-usual ratio of copy to graphics
Nantucket, an island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
A submarine's periscope, especially in the phrase "dancing with the grey lady"

Ghosts

"The Grey Lady" is a name which has been used for numerous ghosts, both alleged real hauntings and fictional spirits:

in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
at Cumberland College, in Dunedin, New Zealand
in Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
at Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire, England

Fictional ghosts

The Gray Lady, a spirit from Ghostbusters
"The Grey Lady" from The Good Witch, a Hallmark made-for-TV movie
The Grey Lady, nickname for Helena Ravenclaw, the ghost of Ravenclaw House in the Harry Potter novels

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 ==Nicknames==
 "The Grey Lady" is a nickname for:
-*''[[The New York Times]]'' newspaper, referring to its historical tendency to present a higher-than-usual proportion of [[Copy (written)|copy]] to graphics
+*''[[The New York Times]]'' newspaper, referring to its historical tendency to present a higher-than-usual ratio of [[Copy (written)|copy]] to graphics
 *[[Nantucket]], an island off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 *A submarine's [[periscope]], especially in the phrase "dancing with the grey lady"