: 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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Amy O’Kruk, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
There's been a partial rollback of CEQA, the signature law which has largely been blamed for holding up new housing projects.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Leah M. Wright, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration rolled back parts of the policy, giving ICE agents more authority to conduct immigration arrests in these locations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The two sides have only weeks left before a September 3 deadline, when a judge has been asked to rule on whether the government’s $2-billion-plus rollback of federal research funding violated Harvard’s First Amendment rights.
—Amy O’Kruk, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
There's been a partial rollback of CEQA, the signature law which has largely been blamed for holding up new housing projects.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
Much of Kennedy’s work and legacy have been rolled back and erased.
—Leah M. Wright, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration rolled back parts of the policy, giving ICE agents more authority to conduct immigration arrests in these locations.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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