gentrifying
- present participle of gentrify.
Example Sentences
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Working-class Fishtown has been gentrifying, but a lot of old-timers have decided to stick around.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
California’s 34th District is overwhelmingly composed of renters and includes some of the most densely populated working-class neighborhoods in the country, as well as some of the most rapidly gentrifying sections of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
The gentrifying Reagan years that followed gave rise to archly analytic work addressing institutional power.
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
As I stood outside appraising it next to newer and much larger houses in the gentrifying neighborhood, a nagging question overwhelmed me: Is this really it?
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2024
The main character, Penelope, returns to her home in a now gentrifying Brooklyn to care for her sick father after a short stint in Pittsburgh.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
