: 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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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 3 July 2025
The New York Democrat used the time to criticize the bill’s healthcare and food aid cuts, tax breaks for the wealthy and rollbacks to renewable energy programs.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
ABC News, 7 July 2025
The circus rolls back into Vienna as the oil producers' International Seminar takes place at the city's grand Hofburg Palace on Wednesday and Thursday.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2025
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Noun
Health policy experts say the legislation amounts to a partial rollback of the health insurance gains under former President Barack Obama's signature 2010 health care law, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 3 July 2025
The New York Democrat used the time to criticize the bill’s healthcare and food aid cuts, tax breaks for the wealthy and rollbacks to renewable energy programs.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Verb
The justices will soon decide whether to roll back a temporary nationwide injunction currently barring the Trump administration from moving forward with large-scale reductions of the federal workforce across 19 agencies and offices.
—ABC News, 7 July 2025
The circus rolls back into Vienna as the oil producers' International Seminar takes place at the city's grand Hofburg Palace on Wednesday and Thursday.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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