: 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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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
This budget imposes the most severe rollback of Medicaid since the program’s creation in 1965.
—Dr. Ashwin Vasan, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
The two sides agreed in May to roll back most of the additional duties for 90 days, bringing the effective rate for China exports to the U.S. to around 43%.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 31 July 2025
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Noun
Such backlash first prompted the council in March to demand Mayor Todd Gloria’s planning staff come up with options for a rollback.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2025
This budget imposes the most severe rollback of Medicaid since the program’s creation in 1965.
—Dr. Ashwin Vasan, New York Daily News, 18 July 2025
Verb
Lowe's rolled back its DEI initiatives amid online backlash from conservatives in the summer of 2024.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
The two sides agreed in May to roll back most of the additional duties for 90 days, bringing the effective rate for China exports to the U.S. to around 43%.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 31 July 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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