: 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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
The rollback was denounced by environmental and conservation groups but was considered a win for farmers.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, advocates for stronger intervention worry that the rollback of anti-loitering laws has limited the ability of law enforcement to go after those responsible for endangering workers’ lives.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The new rollback sets the state even further behind, likely to the detriment of ratepayers statewide.
—Cynthia Koehler, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Women like Velasquez have flooded into the fulltime workplace over the past few years, spurred by newly flexible options combined with the rollback of pandemic-era school and daycare restrictions.
—TIME, 1 Mar. 2024
All rivers in New Mexico were ranked first on the list following a Supreme Court rollback on Clean Water Act protections.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
The salmon population has also been reduced by rising river water temperatures in addition to a rollback of federal protections for waterways by the Trump administration.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks.
—Sophie Austin, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Julie Creswell Audra Melton, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
When Donald Trump was in office, his administration rolled back more than 100 environmental regulations.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2024
Amid horror stories of $122 Thai delivery and $26 to-go coffees, the Emerald City is now considering rolling back a brand new wage law that’s causing food takeout prices to skyrocket and delivery orders to tank.
—Adam Kovacevich, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The opening comes just a few weeks after Chick-fil-A rolled back its pledge to serve only antibiotic-free chicken.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
But the United States has not succeeded in compelling Iran to roll back the use of its asymmetric tools.
—Jon B. Alterman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
The reason the stakes are high is that unlike the decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, a Supreme Court ruling to restrict the drug would roll back a series of important changes to the way it is prescribed and dispensed nationwide.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Cut open oven bag and roll back sides to expose ham.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
That’s a playbook replicated in statehouses across the country, where the Opportunity Solutions Project has pushed bills aimed at rolling back child labor restrictions.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
Noun
What ended up happening in the years after the rollback went into effect in 2018 was so discreet that most people unlikely noticed its effects, says Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who directs the school's Center for Internet and Society and supports net neutrality.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
The rollback was denounced by environmental and conservation groups but was considered a win for farmers.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, advocates for stronger intervention worry that the rollback of anti-loitering laws has limited the ability of law enforcement to go after those responsible for endangering workers’ lives.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The new rollback sets the state even further behind, likely to the detriment of ratepayers statewide.
—Cynthia Koehler, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Women like Velasquez have flooded into the fulltime workplace over the past few years, spurred by newly flexible options combined with the rollback of pandemic-era school and daycare restrictions.
—TIME, 1 Mar. 2024
All rivers in New Mexico were ranked first on the list following a Supreme Court rollback on Clean Water Act protections.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
The salmon population has also been reduced by rising river water temperatures in addition to a rollback of federal protections for waterways by the Trump administration.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled Tuesday — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks.
—Sophie Austin, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Verb
The new regulations drew sharp criticism, however, and the Trump administration rolled back some of them, such as a prohibition on 1 percent chocolate milk.
—Julie Creswell Audra Melton, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
When Donald Trump was in office, his administration rolled back more than 100 environmental regulations.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2024
Amid horror stories of $122 Thai delivery and $26 to-go coffees, the Emerald City is now considering rolling back a brand new wage law that’s causing food takeout prices to skyrocket and delivery orders to tank.
—Adam Kovacevich, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024
The opening comes just a few weeks after Chick-fil-A rolled back its pledge to serve only antibiotic-free chicken.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
But the United States has not succeeded in compelling Iran to roll back the use of its asymmetric tools.
—Jon B. Alterman, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2024
The reason the stakes are high is that unlike the decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022, a Supreme Court ruling to restrict the drug would roll back a series of important changes to the way it is prescribed and dispensed nationwide.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Cut open oven bag and roll back sides to expose ham.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
That’s a playbook replicated in statehouses across the country, where the Opportunity Solutions Project has pushed bills aimed at rolling back child labor restrictions.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
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