: 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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Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
None of the standards Trump listed were subject to an executive order, or any other kind of rapid rollback.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The governor has framed the new data highlighting California's position as the nation's principal economic powerhouse as evidence of the progress that could be jeopardized if Trump refuses to roll back his trade policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the rollback of these regulations could add up to $3.9 billion to the federal deficit over ten years.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
None of the standards Trump listed were subject to an executive order, or any other kind of rapid rollback.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
The Trump administration has been aggressively rolling back existing U.S. climate policy and dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development.
—Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
The governor has framed the new data highlighting California's position as the nation's principal economic powerhouse as evidence of the progress that could be jeopardized if Trump refuses to roll back his trade policies.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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