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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Recent Examples of roll back
Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 May 2025
Democrats had been filibustering legislation to roll back the ballot measure’s sick leave protections during on-and-off debate this spring.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2025
Black college seniors are graduating into a job market that has seen DEI rollbacks, less outward enthusiasm for recruiting Black workers and signs of a cooldown in hiring for everyone.
—Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 11 May 2025
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Verb
Trump also eased sector-specific tariffs targeting autos, and rolled back duties on some goods from Mexico and Canada.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 May 2025
Democrats had been filibustering legislation to roll back the ballot measure’s sick leave protections during on-and-off debate this spring.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Noun
The rollback of levies on Chinese goods is expected to reduce the average cost of tariffs per household nearly by half but the cost burden will still reach $2,800 in 2025, the Yale Budget Lab found.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2025
Black college seniors are graduating into a job market that has seen DEI rollbacks, less outward enthusiasm for recruiting Black workers and signs of a cooldown in hiring for everyone.
—Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll back
Verb
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The Swiss government said Switzerland abolished all industrial tariffs on Jan. 1 last year, meaning that 99% of all goods from the United States can be imported into Switzerland duty-free.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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In late April, reports emerged that President Trump’s 2026 budget could seek to abolish Head Start entirely, as recommended in Project 2025, the policy blueprint for the second Trump term.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The speed of that reversal underscores just how fast attitudes are changing.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The new leadership brought about a radical shift in foreign policy towards a more pro-Islamic, anti-Western approach—and a reversal of its stance towards Israel.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
21 May 2025
Verb
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The conservative view Many conservatives are determined to repeal or at least delay and dilute most of the clean energy breaks.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2025
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The judges rationalized that any special consideration for minors ended when the U.S. Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade and the Florida Supreme Court followed suit.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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His father, Billy Sr., was an intrepid cinematographer who filmed the surrender of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in Scotland in 1919, then worked on documentaries.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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Our aim is to bring to life a chapter of Indian military history that deserves far more recognition — not just for the spectacle, but for the spirit of our soldiers who would rather die than surrender.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 May 2025
Verb
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But this sort of work would require close collaboration with Chinese researchers, at just the time when those collaborations are being scrutinized or canceled.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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Panama's comptroller general and attorney general are now seeking to cancel CK Hutchison's concessions to its two Canal Zone ports.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Following the faith’s core beliefs in nonviolence and justice, Quakers have demonstrated for the abolition of slavery, in favor of the suffrage movement, against both World Wars, and the U.S. roles in the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, said Ross Brubeck, 38, one of the Quaker march organizers.—
Luis Andres Henao,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Last month, Musk took to his social media platform X to seemingly express support for the abolition of intellectual property laws.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Its timelines collapse and blur, and its characters are bound by ruinous, inescapable fates; the reader cannot avoid disorientation.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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The absence of ducts avoids renovation costs and minimizes construction inconvenience.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
Verb
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As lawyers on either side attempted to find a class of people unbiased enough to deliver a fair verdict for one of the most famous men in music, potential candidates were struck down for a host of different reasons.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Trying anyway would be struck down under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Commerce Clause— exactly what killed Trump's narrower 2020 MFN model in federal court.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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“Roll back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20back. Accessed 26 May. 2025.
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