gentrified
adjective
gen·tri·fied
ˈjen-trə-ˌfīd 
: having undergone gentrification
gentrified neighborhoods/homes
The orange and white city buses winding slowly up the steep grade of Cortland Avenue follow a route between the gentrified west side of the hill—with its small but carefully manicured homes and gardens—and the more unkempt east side, a swath of low-income houses and apartments near freeways and industrial sites.—
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The film depicts an elderly man, played by iconic Puerto Rican filmmaker Jacobo Morales, coming to grips with a Puerto Rico in which country and rock tunes play on his walk to a gentrified bakery—which is staffed by an English-language server offering vegan quesitos.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
On Friday, Bad Bunny released a precursor short film for the album, which showcased a gentrified, changed Puerto Rico, starring filmmaker Jacobo Morales.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
The hippest new Italian-Indian fusion restaurant in a gentrified neighborhood near you will be bustling with couples come Saturday night.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
Crown Heights became more gentrified, with boutique shops, restaurants and cocktail bars replacing sneaker shops, empty storefronts and psychics.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Jan. 2025
On Friday, Bad Bunny released a precursor short film for the album, which showcased a gentrified, changed Puerto Rico, starring filmmaker Jacobo Morales.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
The hippest new Italian-Indian fusion restaurant in a gentrified neighborhood near you will be bustling with couples come Saturday night.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
Crown Heights became more gentrified, with boutique shops, restaurants and cocktail bars replacing sneaker shops, empty storefronts and psychics.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
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“Gentrified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentrified. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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