How to Use gentrification in a Sentence

gentrification

noun
  • And the gentrification of Harlem is part of the story here too.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Some parts of town in midst of gentrification are still very raw.
    — Geoffrey Woo, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • In a part of the city known for its rapid gentrification, the virus had made plain the divides between neighbors.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 19 June 2020
  • Much has changed on this block in 14 years, but back then, the Heights hadn't reached peak levels of gentrification.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 28 July 2022
  • Harvey is proud to say that West Side Books has thus far survived the gentrification in the area.
    — American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • Known to New Yorkers as Bed-Stuy, the area has had its ups and downs over the past several decades and is now in the throes of late-stage gentrification.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2023
  • At the dawn of gentrification, some of the layers were being undone, chipped at or stripped away.
    — Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • The poems lament gentrification, meditate on nature, and find joy in the gross and the weird.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The fear of gentrification and cultural erasure has long been a part of life in South L.A.
    — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • This was before gentrification, when crime was rife in the area.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • But with that comes gentrification and seeing the city change.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
  • The gentrification, and people who look a certain way and don’t have the credentials are just pushed out?
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 July 2024
  • More new housing means gentrification that will turn the city white.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Can the ghouls, who have been there for hundreds of years, defeat gentrification?
    — Cara Michelle Smith, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The conflict can’t be separated from the gentrification that has transformed the area over the last two decades.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • Hamaguchi takes no stand on the tragedy of gentrification.
    — Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
  • The upheaval of gentrification is a theme of many of the pieces, which include paintings and collages as well as 3D assemblages.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Despite recent waves of gentrification, Berlin is still a city full of artists.
    — Gisela Williams, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In that time, he’s seen gentrification spread to areas like Temescal and Mosswood but stop abruptly at the highway.
    — Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The building was completed in 2017 as part of a wave of gentrification in the neighborhood.
    — Michael R. Sisak, The Denver Post, 17 July 2020
  • Experts point to gentrification as one of the main causes.
    — Briah Lumpkins, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Now a belt of gentrification surrounds the urban core and the city’s handful of major transit hubs.
    — Nikil Saval, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Jones is a heady writer; gentrification, class and race all come into play here.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The gentrification in the 2010s was related to job growth and transit, Chapple said.
    — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 6 July 2020
  • Some folks did already live in the Dickson Street area, and those who did complained the project was gentrification in action and the old neighborhood would be pushed out.
    — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
  • And how is the area faring against the forces of Meatpacking District-style gentrification?
    — Darryn King, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The novel takes on the issue of gentrification with grace and refreshing truth.
    — Lorraine Avila, refinery29.com, 17 May 2022
  • Some have raised the question of gentrification in areas like Portland as well.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Bethany is a big, flashing signal of gentrification; Uche’s other tenants have every reason to resent her.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • This funny, strange and fundamentally forlorn film about the city’s gentrification provided a breakout role for Jonathan Majors as a lost artistic soul.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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