gentrify
Example Sentences
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The horizontal city is just too big to fully gentrify; there was always another neighborhood where an artist could find studio space, or a gallery could open up shop.
From Los Angeles Times
But the lens is trained squarely on Inez, who never lets life — or a rapidly gentrifying 1990s Manhattan — tell her no.
From Washington Post
The film, which won the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, casts the harrowing story of a mother and her son against the backdrop of a gentrifying Harlem.
From Los Angeles Times
The film casts the harrowing story of a mother and her son against the backdrop of a gentrifying Harlem in New York.
From Seattle Times
As the surrounding residences have gentrified, shopping complexes that once catered to Asian immigrants have also transformed.
From Washington Post
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