: 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, 30 Jan. 2026
The 2025 McKinsey report identified some structural barriers to women’s workplace advancement, including rollbacks to remote work, scaled back career development programs, fewer formal sponsorships and less manager advocacy.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
During the first Artemis 1 wet dress rehearsal in April 2022, hydrogen leaks and issues with the tower's umbilicals while fueling SLS led to three rollbacks of the rocket to NASA's vehicle assembly building.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The 2025 McKinsey report identified some structural barriers to women’s workplace advancement, including rollbacks to remote work, scaled back career development programs, fewer formal sponsorships and less manager advocacy.
—Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Department of Homeland Security has condemned blue-state officials who have worked to roll back ICE initiatives and enforcement mechanisms.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026
Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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