gentrify
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gentrifies;
gentrified;
gentrifying
gentrifies;
gentrified;
gentrifying
Britannica Dictionary definition of GENTRIFY
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to change (a place, such as an old neighborhood) by improving it and making it more appealing to people who have money
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As the neighborhood became gentrified, the people who had lived there for many years could no longer afford it.
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a neighborhood undergoing gentrification
