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  • verb Present participle of gentrify.

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  • In this context, "quality of life" is an array of ordinances being used against people deemed "abnormal" or "undesirable," especially in gentrifying areas.

    Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2 Paul Boden 2010

  • In this context, "quality of life" is an array of ordinances being used against people deemed "abnormal" or "undesirable," especially in gentrifying areas.

    Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2 Paul Boden 2010

  • In this context, "quality of life" is an array of ordinances being used against people deemed "abnormal" or "undesirable," especially in gentrifying areas.

    Paul Boden: The Quality of Whose Life? Part 2 Paul Boden 2010

  • He also noted the trend toward "gentrifying" community colleges through screening out immigrant students and tied in particular the changes in programs at Medgar Evers College where a special program for providing education to prisoners was cancelled by the new president of the college.

    Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010

  • He also noted the trend toward "gentrifying" community colleges through screening out immigrant students and tied in particular the changes in programs at Medgar Evers College where a special program for providing education to prisoners was cancelled by the new president of the college.

    Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010

  • The political representatives of the Windsor-Essex region have romanticized the concept of "gentrifying" Windsor to attract financially-secure retirees; considering Canada's demographics, said process is inevitable.

    The Shadow 2008

  • The political representatives of the Windsor-Essex region have romanticized the concept of "gentrifying" Windsor to attract financially-secure retirees; considering Canada's demographics, said process is inevitable.

    The Shadow 2008

  • The political representatives of the Windsor-Essex region have romanticized the concept of "gentrifying" Windsor to attract financially-secure retirees; considering Canada's demographics, said process is inevitable.

    The Shadow 2008

  • The political representatives of the Windsor-Essex region have romanticized the concept of "gentrifying" Windsor to attract financially-secure retirees; considering Canada's demographics, said process is inevitable.

    The Shadow 2008

  • The political representatives of the Windsor-Essex region have romanticized the concept of "gentrifying" Windsor to attract financially-secure retirees; considering Canada's demographics, said process is inevitable.

    The Shadow 2008

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