: 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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Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
This approach enhances automation, consistency and rollback capabilities while reducing human error, making containerized deployments more reliable and scalable. - Cristian Randieri, Intellisystem Technologies
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—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The governor has framed the new data highlighting California's position as the nation's principal economic powerhouse as evidence of the progress that could be jeopardized if Trump refuses to roll back his trade policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The budget also proposes a rollback of IRS enforcement funding and would eliminate several health and safety divisions under the Department of Health and Human Services.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
This approach enhances automation, consistency and rollback capabilities while reducing human error, making containerized deployments more reliable and scalable. - Cristian Randieri, Intellisystem Technologies
16.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
The Trump administration has been aggressively rolling back existing U.S. climate policy and dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development.
—Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The governor has framed the new data highlighting California's position as the nation's principal economic powerhouse as evidence of the progress that could be jeopardized if Trump refuses to roll back his trade policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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