gentrifying

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A form of gentrify — To renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gentrify
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APA

gentrifying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentrifying

MLA

“gentrifying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentrifying. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gentrifying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gentrifying.

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