Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To subject to gentrification.
- intransitive verb To undergo gentrification.
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- verb transitive to
renovate something, especiallyhousing , to make it more appealing to themiddle classes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In our city most of the anti-war/peace movements are white b/c most of the activists in our city who are Black or Latino are already spending most of their available time on issues pertaining to communitywhich is hard when the city is trying to destroy, otherwise known as gentrify, your community.
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As inner-city neighborhoods gentrify, blight and intransigent poverty are moving out to the suburbs.
How SoHo Can Save the Suburbs Richard Florida 2010
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Unless we find a way to lock in affordability, land use around stations will intensely gentrify neighborhoods, and poor people will be continually pushed farther and farther out to the suburbs and less well served urban areas.
Energy, Transportation, and Land Use Patterns « PubliCola 2010
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The FSF has argued with that ever since, that the response to a disaster caused by a negligent approach to fans' safety became an opportunity for "crowd control": to police potential hooliganism more keenly and gentrify the grounds.
Fans' terrace campaign still standing but facing an uphill battle| David Conn 2011
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The campaign group Friends of Leeds Kirkgate Market fear the council is looking to gentrify the facilities and change its character – a charge denied by Leeds markets champion councillor Gerry Harper, who says things cannot stay the same forever.
Markets under threat as shoppers go online for fruit and veg 2011
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If we can tear down a block of historical buildings in Hong Kong and replace them with the 'skysore' like the Lippo Centre in less than a year why does it take eons to gentrify a bit of the turnpike?
Jeff DeGraff: The Innovation Do-Over List Jeff DeGraff 2012
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Many are priced out as Manhattan continues to gentrify, says Bronx Councilman James Vacca.
Housing occupancy declines, but rentals up in some spots 2011
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John O'Leary was 25 years younger, a white sound engineer who'd bought his six-bedroom townhouse just as the neighborhood was beginning to gentrify.
For Mr. Bronson, a neighbor's kind act led to a new family Annie Gowen 2011
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Many are priced out as Manhattan continues to gentrify, says Bronx Councilman James Vacca.
Housing occupancy declines, but rentals up in some spots 2011
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A little bit of the unmet demand does push less desirable rowhouse neighborhoods to gentrify, but much of the demand ends up pushing people to suburban, car-dependent areas where they don't want to be.
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