: 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
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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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Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
And physician-lawmakers will seek rollbacks to Medicare physician payment cuts and are pushing for the extension of the hospital-at-home program.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Messi combined devastatingly with former Barcelona teammate Suárez for the entire second half, rolling back the years and completed his hat-trick after some more sublime buildup play.
—Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Instant rollbacks are another necessity; if a new feature ends up causing trouble, your teams can quickly revert to a previous version and keep things running.
—Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
And physician-lawmakers will seek rollbacks to Medicare physician payment cuts and are pushing for the extension of the hospital-at-home program.
—Victoria Knight, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
Unfortunately, many of the promises to diversify Hollywood, which were made at the height of a global pandemic, have been rolled back amid cost-cutting measures and labor disputes.
—Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Messi combined devastatingly with former Barcelona teammate Suárez for the entire second half, rolling back the years and completed his hat-trick after some more sublime buildup play.
—Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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