: the act or an instance of rolling back
a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices
rolled back; rolling back; rolls back
1
: 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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Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 7 May 2025
EVs were a top priority for the Biden administration — and a top target for rollbacks by the Trump administration.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
It's been a tale of two companies with different policies, as Costco, which resisted public pressure to roll back its diversity plans, saw its 16th consecutive week of rising foot traffic that week.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Shoppers are boycotting Walmart over rollbacks in DEI efforts from April 7 to 14 40-day boycott of Target is under way: Here's what to know about the Target Fast What are the results from the Feb. 28 economic blackout?
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 7 May 2025
EVs were a top priority for the Biden administration — and a top target for rollbacks by the Trump administration.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
Verb
Last week, the US and China agreed to drastically roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for an initial 90-day period, in a surprise breakthrough.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
It's been a tale of two companies with different policies, as Costco, which resisted public pressure to roll back its diversity plans, saw its 16th consecutive week of rising foot traffic that week.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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