gentrify
verb
gen·tri·fy
ˈjen-trə-ˌfī 
gentrified; gentrifying
: to attempt or accomplish the gentrification of
gentrified a run-down section of the city
: to undergo gentrification
Examples of gentrify in a Sentence
As the neighborhood became gentrified, the people who had lived there for many years could no longer afford it.
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Newman was, like many in the 1960s, disinclined to gentrify the compositions with a frame, so the only way to conceal the hardware that anchored canvas to stretcher was to move the tacking edge to the back of the paintings, which had thus become the true tacking edges.
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Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
If those efforts fail, the government can tear down housing units to gentrify the neighborhood.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
And for all the hue and cry over gentrification, the fact is gentrifying neighborhoods bring in families with higher incomes to support the businesses that serve all residents.
—Edward Poteat, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Organizers, leaders and residents in the area say they’re heartened that the previous plan, which was heavily criticized for its potential to gentrify the Chinatown area and push out Asian American businesses and families, will no longer threaten their community.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
If those efforts fail, the government can tear down housing units to gentrify the neighborhood.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
And for all the hue and cry over gentrification, the fact is gentrifying neighborhoods bring in families with higher incomes to support the businesses that serve all residents.
—Edward Poteat, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
Organizers, leaders and residents in the area say they’re heartened that the previous plan, which was heavily criticized for its potential to gentrify the Chinatown area and push out Asian American businesses and families, will no longer threaten their community.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gentrify
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“Gentrify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentrify. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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