gentrified
adjective
gen·tri·fied
ˈjen-trə-ˌfīd 
: having undergone gentrification
gentrified neighborhoods/homes
The orange and white city buses winding slowly up the steep grade of Cortland Avenue follow a route between the gentrified west side of the hill—with its small but carefully manicured homes and gardens—and the more unkempt east side, a swath of low-income houses and apartments near freeways and industrial sites.—
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Dubbed ’Lo Heads or ’Lo Lifes, this enthusiast group emerged in the pre-gentrified Brooklyn of the early 1990s, drawing young people who saw the Ralph Lauren lifestyle as aspirational.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
In striving to be both a character study of a dissatisfied sommelier and a picaresque tale of ambition in São Paulo’s gentrified districts, director Gabe Klinger fails to land the emotional reality of his eponymous lead character, Isabel (the film‘s co-writer and Brazilian polymath, Marina Person).
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Much of old Baghdad has been left to rot, its modernist heritage decaying, its leafy suburbs disfigured and gentrified.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
East Palo Alto, the historically Black community surrounding the Meta campus, is one of the least gentrified, most impoverished places in the Valley—a 2017 study found that 42 percent of students in the local school district were homeless.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2026
In striving to be both a character study of a dissatisfied sommelier and a picaresque tale of ambition in São Paulo’s gentrified districts, director Gabe Klinger fails to land the emotional reality of his eponymous lead character, Isabel (the film‘s co-writer and Brazilian polymath, Marina Person).
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
Much of old Baghdad has been left to rot, its modernist heritage decaying, its leafy suburbs disfigured and gentrified.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
East Palo Alto, the historically Black community surrounding the Meta campus, is one of the least gentrified, most impoverished places in the Valley—a 2017 study found that 42 percent of students in the local school district were homeless.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Gentrified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentrified. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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