has been gentrifying

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of gentrify (3rd person singular).
  gentrify

  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.

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has been gentrifying

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

This not-so-lovely area, with its ironworks and warehouses, its branch of MoMA and its dive bars, has been gentrifying at an agonizingly slow pace since the 1980s.

From New York Times ● May 27, 2011

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