How to Use gentrification in a Sentence

gentrification

noun

• And the gentrification of Harlem is part of the story here too.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Some parts of town in midst of gentrification are still very raw.
  — Geoffrey Woo, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
• 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
• Harvey is proud to say that West Side Books has thus far survived the gentrification in the area.
  — American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
• Known to New Yorkers as Bed-Stuy, the area has had its ups and downs over the past several decades and is now in the throes of late-stage gentrification.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2023
• At the dawn of gentrification, some of the layers were being undone, chipped at or stripped away.
  — Harper's Magazine, 21 June 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 fear of gentrification and cultural erasure has long been a part of life in South L.A.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• But with that comes gentrification and seeing the city change.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
• 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
• More new housing means gentrification that will turn the city white.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• 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
• Hamaguchi takes no stand on the tragedy of gentrification.
  — Armond White, National Review, 8 May 2024
• The upheaval of gentrification is a theme of many of the pieces, which include paintings and collages as well as 3D assemblages.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• In that time, he’s seen gentrification spread to areas like Temescal and Mosswood but stop abruptly at the highway.
  — Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Experts point to gentrification as one of the main causes.
  — Briah Lumpkins, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2021
• Jones is a heady writer; gentrification, class and race all come into play here.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• Some folks did already live in the Dickson Street area, and those who did complained the project was gentrification in action and the old neighborhood would be pushed out.
  — April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
• And how is the area faring against the forces of Meatpacking District-style gentrification?
  — Darryn King, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• 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
• Zavala Orozco said the reason for that drop is clear: gentrification.
  — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
• Can the park be upgraded without spurring gentrification in the area?
  — Sam Lubell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
• Many of these tools have become agents of gentrification.
  — Chris Gilliard, Wired, 14 Nov. 2021
• Here and elsewhere, the maps reveal gentrification in slow motion, block by block.
  — Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Austin transplants traveling to a small town in Texas to claim a derelict property as part of some gentrification scheme.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2022
• Act Two is set in the same house, now in a predominately Black neighborhood trying to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2024
• It’s just one example of gentrification on the city’s west side, according to the speakers.
  — Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
• As Ava figures out how to find a happy medium, Jacob, Barbara, and Melissa get caught up in trying to save the deli across the street from gentrification.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
• Jacob can’t help but get swept up in the cause as the threat of gentrification to a Black neighborhood is like a flame to a moth … that is if the moth in question is a millennial liberal overcompensating for their own white guilt.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025