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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gentrify .
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Examples
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A Girls’Rock Camp sponsored day show at Café Mundi — a railroad-side coffee shop and show space whose slogan, “Hard to find, easy to love,” is sadly no longer applicable in gentrified East Austin — included one completely unexpected surprise: Girl in a Coma, a three-woman San Antonio pop-punk band anchored by charismatic Latina frontwoman Nina Diaz.
Erica C. Barnett as Music Journalist: Her Report from SXSW « PubliCola 2010
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Hisoric and so-called gentrified areas are the most integrated racially and economically in the US.
Spencer v. CityBeat Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Hisoric and so-called gentrified areas are the most integrated racially and economically in the US.
Revisiting Gentrification In OTR Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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To give bad directions to the incoming hordes of tourists and suburbanites seeking to horn in on the urban energy that long-time residents have created, but won't be able to afford if their neighborhoods are "gentrified".
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Compare and contrast with Tom Moody, who also likes lo-fi music and computer graphics, but who is some kind of gentrified punk rock snob lacking any redeeming qualities, including passion.
Ethics by Artistotle EAGEAGEAG 2010
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Those "gentrified" units now rent for about $500 a month, still reasonable for people of moderate means.
Revisiting Gentrification In OTR Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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It isn't upscale like some of the other areas (not mine!), but is slowly becoming "gentrified".
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Those "gentrified" units now rent for about $500 a month, still reasonable for people of moderate means.
Spencer v. CityBeat Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Much of the city's center is being 'gentrified'; walls glisten with fresh paint.
Witch Hunt in Prague Laber, Jeri 1992
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Mrs Croft spoke in a kind of gentrified Cockney, which became less gentrified as time went on and more couples spilled down the stairs and into the large, sofa-crammed living room.
Strip Jack Rankin, Ian, 1960- 1992
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