: 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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Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Shares of Target have tumbled about 35% in the last year, as its own merchandising issues, a sloppier store experience and boycotts over its rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion programs all weigh on its business.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Beijing and Washington rolled back most of their triple-digit tariffs on each other's goods under a trade truce, which is due to expire on November 10.
—Xinghui Kok, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
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Noun
No region will be more impacted by subsidy rollbacks than Miami-Dade County, where more than 1 million people are enrolled in the Obamacare marketplace.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Shares of Target have tumbled about 35% in the last year, as its own merchandising issues, a sloppier store experience and boycotts over its rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion programs all weigh on its business.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Tuesday's vote was the first of three planned by Democrats and a handful of Republicans aimed at rolling back the president's tariff policies.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Beijing and Washington rolled back most of their triple-digit tariffs on each other's goods under a trade truce, which is due to expire on November 10.
—Xinghui Kok, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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