Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DOWNZONE
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Verb
downzone (third-person singular simple present downzones, present participle downzoning, simple past and past participle downzoned)
(US, politics) To change an area or property to a less restrictive zoning
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