as in cancelled
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
Signs of grub infestation include large dead patches where the sod is not well-anchored and can be rolled back to expose the large grubs.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
But the Court has also rolled back rights for trans citizens in , which held that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The county also rolled back this collection in 2022 and 2024.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
YouTube previously rolled back policies that barred repeatedly posting some false claims about Covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And Coraline was crying and shaking her head, her mind screaming, JOY, JOY, JOY, and Else’s eyes were rolled back into her head, deep in her dark pink fantasy world of keys and locks.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Cassidy had been sounding the alarm in recent weeks about the potential for serious harm if the 34-year policy of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B at birth were rolled back.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Even after the government's social media restrictions were rolled back, the protests continued on Tuesday in Kathmandu, the capital, were protestors were reportedly setting homes of political leaders on fire.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Here are the latest projections prepared after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed and before much of it was rolled back in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
But the Court has also rolled back rights for trans citizens in , which held that states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
The county also rolled back this collection in 2022 and 2024.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
YouTube previously rolled back policies that barred repeatedly posting some false claims about Covid-19 and the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
And Coraline was crying and shaking her head, her mind screaming, JOY, JOY, JOY, and Else’s eyes were rolled back into her head, deep in her dark pink fantasy world of keys and locks.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Cassidy had been sounding the alarm in recent weeks about the potential for serious harm if the 34-year policy of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B at birth were rolled back.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Even after the government's social media restrictions were rolled back, the protests continued on Tuesday in Kathmandu, the capital, were protestors were reportedly setting homes of political leaders on fire.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Here are the latest projections prepared after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed and before much of it was rolled back in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolled back
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However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Oct. 2025
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The polissyster title was abolished in 1954, and women police officers were officially recognized under the same title as their male counterparts.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, Ashley and Locke did not want the HALT Act to be repealed.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The healthcare program wasn’t repealed.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So the cash was gone, the credit and debit cards cancelled, and no one had ever cared about the pens or the Polaroid of Andrés.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Cal Poly canceled the final three games of the 1960.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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In these cases, the court has struck down statutory limits on the president’s ability to remove federal officials, enabling much greater presidential control.—
Graham G. Dodds,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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Most of the court’s active judges were appointed by Republican presidents though two of the three judges who struck down the law were appointed by Democrats.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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