rolled back

verb

past tense of roll back
as in abolished
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 rolled back The district voluntarily rolled back its levy rate in 2023 when property tax bills spiked countywide during the troubled 2023 property tax assessment cycle. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Many corporations and college campuses rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion practices. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 Previous economic reforms, during a rapprochement with the administration of President Barack Obama, were later rolled back by Cuban leaders. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 The Reagan administration adopted new regulations in 1983 that took a neutral stance on the subject, and several states in subsequent years rolled back their exemptions. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 At the same time, some other large businesses — including Target and Walmart — rolled back their DEI efforts. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have rolled back platform-level fact-checking in the United States, X has moved away from traditional fact-checking, and YouTube has loosened its misinformation policies. — Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026 Some of the laws have since been rolled back, with crime metrics showing improvement in recent months. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026 Each day, Americans see health protections rolled back, climate commitments abandoned, and more technologies that nobody asked for and nobody can opt out of. — Anandita Sabherwal, Time, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolled back
  1. abolished
  2. repealed
  3. canceled
  4. struck down
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  • The colonial latifundium, instead of being abolished by independence, was strengthened, leading to any number of national ills.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Norway does not have a coronation for the monarch, as the ceremonies were abolished by parliament in 1908.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of abolished
Verb
  • None of those leaps repealed the trade-off between cost, weight and strength, but each one moved the curve, leading to today when a rider can buy a combination of light and strong that no amount of money could have purchased a generation ago.
    — Colby Proffitt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • By contrast, Congress repealed federal restrictions and taxes on brewing beer for personal use in 1978.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • Games were canceled, tearful tributes were made and things were solemn for a long time.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The event was canceled, and the Canadian government lost millions on the project.
    — Jesse McLaren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of canceled
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  • Sally and Gillian come from a long line of witches and have lived in a resplendent Massachusetts home with their aunts Frances (Stockard Channing) and Jet (Dianne Wiest) ever since a curse struck down their father and led to their mother’s suicide.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The current attorney general refused to appeal a court decision that struck down a 1987 state law prohibiting citizens from openly carrying firearms in public.
    — José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of struck down

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“Rolled back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolled%20back. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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