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gentrify
[ jen-truh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- to conform to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle; make appealing to those with more affluent tastes:
Fish and chips have been gentrified.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo this type of change:
Some neighborhoods gentrify more quickly than others.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
“I hope it doesn’t just turn into some gentrified market or something,†she said.
He is concerned that individuals buying homes for a $1 may lead to areas being gentrified, which results in general rent levels being “jacked up†and people on lower incomes being “pushed outâ€.
A seven-story boulder on federal land has become a tinderbox of tensions over who gets to enjoy this patch of Mojave Desert, which has rapidly gentrified since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The veteran lawmaker argues the elevated people mover — once touted as a marquee piece for the 2028 Olympic Games — won’t help those living in the working-class but gentrifying community.
The gentrifying Reagan years that followed gave rise to archly analytic work addressing institutional power.
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