: the act or an instance of rolling back
a government-ordered rollback of gasoline prices
rolled back; rolling back; rolls back
1
: to reduce or decrease something
rolling back their mortgage rates
specifically
: 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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Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
But that love for romance exists alongside a growing frustration with the rollback of women’s rights globally.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
The two sides announced a one-year truce and the agreement to roll back the fentanyl-specific tariff to 10% after Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea at the end of October.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Public health researchers point to local enforcement of the Clean Air Act as a way to limit health impacts of federal agency rollbacks.
—Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
But that love for romance exists alongside a growing frustration with the rollback of women’s rights globally.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
But many legacy automakers aren’t, having been late to market with all-electric models and then quickly rolling back plans.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
The two sides announced a one-year truce and the agreement to roll back the fentanyl-specific tariff to 10% after Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea at the end of October.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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