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verb

Definition of roll backnext
as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards

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rollback

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noun

as in reversal

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Recent Examples of roll back
Verb
Once your hips are fully extended, slowly roll back down to rest your hips on the ground. — Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 22 Sep. 2026 Lawmakers from both parties seemed eager at the beginning of the session to institute changes ranging from moratoriums on new developments to rolling back the lucrative tax breaks the state offers to lure facilities to Georgia in the first place. — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
The rollback of environmental safeguards is, for many, a call to arms. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 Notably, Bowman said the Starling report found the Fed regulatory problems were not caused by a bipartisan 2018 rollback of bank regulation that freed large regional banks like SVB from the toughest oversight. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roll back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll back
  1. abolish
  2. reversal
  3. repeal
  4. surrender
  5. cancel
  6. abolition
  7. avoid
  8. relinquishment
Verb
  • The vice president also blasted Nixon, who is in an uphill race to defeat Moody, for supporting defunding the police and abolishing prisons.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Coleman later joins forces with HopesAndDrums for a house mix that calls for abolishing ICE.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of abolish
Noun
  • The reversal of fortune prompted network executives to grouse that the Emmys had become a three-hour commercial for streaming services.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The decision marks a dramatic reversal, after Ethiopian and Eritrean forces united in fighting the TPLF during the previous conflict.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reversal
Verb
  • Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency ceded some of its climate authority by repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The Forest Service says repealing the Roadless Rule would not immediately authorize roads, logging or mining in the Shawnee’s roadless areas.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of repeal
Noun
  • Townshend was born in West London in May 1945, just days before Germany’s surrender, to musical parents – his father a professional saxophonist and his mother a singer.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The spread between what a carrier offers on surrender and what the secondary market will pay is often not small.
    — Rob Haynie, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of surrender
Verb
  • Cage previously starred in the first two Ghost Rider movies, a franchise now being revived by Ryan Gosling, and as Spider-Noir in both the animated Beyond the Spider-Verse films and the live-action series Prime Video just canceled.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One Elk Grove City Council race is on the ballot this November, after two other races were canceled and the incumbents were appointed to new terms because no challengers filed to run.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of cancel
Noun
  • Kim, who co-founded the festival in 1996 and raised nearly the entire budget for its inaugural edition single-handedly, also secured the abolition of censorship for films screened at that first edition.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • These challenges have been made more difficult by policy choices, such as the abolition of tax-free shopping for international visitors.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of abolition
Verb
  • Rates actually continued to increase after the Society of Surgical Oncology adopted the guidelines in 2016, even though patients who received the biopsy were not more likely to survive or avoid recurrence.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Clapp said the firm focuses on avoiding highly leveraged companies and floating-rate debt, instead favoring investments with dependable cash flows to support clients over the long term.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoid
Noun
  • In North Carolina, a 2024 study examining state enforcement laws found that despite 93% of cases meeting the conditions for gun relinquishment, the policy was enforced in only 37% of cases.
    — Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
  • Benjamin qualified for the national bee by winning the San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee in March, correctly spelling kenosis, the relinquishment of divine attributes by Jesus Christ in becoming human, in the 23rd round.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Definition of relinquishment

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