: the act or an instance of rolling back
a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices
rolled back; rolling back; rolls back
1
: to reduce or decrease something
rolling back their mortgage rates
specifically
: to reduce (something, such as a commodity price) to or toward a previous level on a national scale
2
: to cause to retreat or withdraw : push back
3
: rescind
attempted to roll back antipollution standards
Examples of rollback in a Sentence
Noun
a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices
a rollback in environmental regulations
a rollback of previous wage concessions
Verb
lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards
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Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet the rollback and fragmentation of such programs has left a vacuum that repressive actors are eager to fill.
—Tharo Khun, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
This week’s truncating of the schedule removed whatever pretense remained that Kennedy’s HHS would respect the scientific process for making decisions about vaccines even when that process was dominated by allies who had already taken action to roll back recommendations.
—Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The rollback was crafted behind closed doors with no public discussion or debate and no input from the federal advisory committee that has voted on vaccine recommendations to the CDC at public meetings for decades.
—Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet the rollback and fragmentation of such programs has left a vacuum that repressive actors are eager to fill.
—Tharo Khun, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
The administration has also rolled back some tariffs and fuel efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, moves aimed at lowering everyday costs for Americans.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
This week’s truncating of the schedule removed whatever pretense remained that Kennedy’s HHS would respect the scientific process for making decisions about vaccines even when that process was dominated by allies who had already taken action to roll back recommendations.
—Grayson Logue, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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