: 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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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Senate Bill 1334, which also contains the citizenship verification, doesn’t include the rollback in types of ID or recount-audit change.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
Trump administration officials have argued that rolling back those stringent fuel economy rules would allow automakers to make cheaper cars.
—Keith Laing, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The rollback was a setback for NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will launch NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremey Hansen on a 10-day journey around the moon and back to Earth.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Senate Bill 1334, which also contains the citizenship verification, doesn’t include the rollback in types of ID or recount-audit change.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
Trump wants Iran to completely halt its enrichment of uranium and roll back both its long-range missile program and its support for regional armed groups.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
Trump administration officials have argued that rolling back those stringent fuel economy rules would allow automakers to make cheaper cars.
—Keith Laing, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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