How to Use gentrification in a Sentence

gentrification

noun
  • Some parts of town in midst of gentrification are still very raw.
    — Geoffrey Woo, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • This was before gentrification, when crime was rife in the area.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • More new housing means gentrification that will turn the city white.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Artists have also used their craft to speak out against gentrification.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But with that comes gentrification and seeing the city change.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
  • And the gentrification of Harlem is part of the story here too.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Jones is a heady writer; gentrification, class and race all come into play here.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Can the ghouls, who have been there for hundreds of years, defeat gentrification?
    — Cara Michelle Smith, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2021
  • There has been lot of awareness of the gentrification of the genre and people getting ripped off.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The price of mass gentrification is more than overpriced coffee and an increase in rent.
    — Essence, 20 May 2025
  • In a part of the city known for its rapid gentrification, the virus had made plain the divides between neighbors.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 19 June 2020
  • In a nice bit of news, gentrification seems to have taken a short hiatus, but phone scammers are back on the job.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Mar. 2020
  • At the dawn of gentrification, some of the layers were being undone, chipped at or stripped away.
    — Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Rising rents, gentrification, and the pressure of tourism have hollowed many of them out.
    — Clarissa Wei, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Despite recent waves of gentrification, Berlin is still a city full of artists.
    — Gisela Williams, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Here and elsewhere, the maps reveal gentrification in slow motion, block by block.
    — Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The gentrification, and people who look a certain way and don’t have the credentials are just pushed out?
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 July 2024
  • The poems lament gentrification, meditate on nature, and find joy in the gross and the weird.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The house has become a symbol of gentrification and racial inequity.
    — Jeff Manning, oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Can the park be upgraded without spurring gentrification in the area?
    — Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In the end, perhaps the real villain was gentrification all along.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
  • And what’s the difference between nasty gentrification and a rising tide that lifts all boats?
    — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Much has changed on this block in 14 years, but back then, the Heights hadn't reached peak levels of gentrification.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 28 July 2022
  • The novel takes on the issue of gentrification with grace and refreshing truth.
    — Lorraine Avila, refinery29.com, 17 May 2022
  • Some have raised the question of gentrification in areas like Portland as well.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Now a belt of gentrification surrounds the urban core and the city’s handful of major transit hubs.
    — Nikil Saval, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
  • We were displaced not just once but twice due to development and gentrification.
    — Jasmin Sanchez, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
  • The conflict can’t be separated from the gentrification that has transformed the area over the last two decades.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • And, despite the specter of gentrification, his book is littered with success stories.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But on the South and West sides, that same lane is often read as the harbinger of gentrification.
    — Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026

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