: 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
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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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Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The decision was praised by supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that have seen dramatic rollbacks in the first week of President Donald Trump's second term.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Searching for a message Image Now that Mr. Trump is in office, his overwhelm-the-opposition strategy — rolling back measures on race, D.E.I. and L.G.B.T.Q. rights in lightning-quick succession — has left Democrats gasping for air.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Ernesto Ackerman, president of the conservative-leaning group Independent Venezuelan-American Citizens, emphasized that the rollback is not a revocation of TPS protections — and agreed that Mayorkas had improperly extended it.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
The decision was praised by supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that have seen dramatic rollbacks in the first week of President Donald Trump's second term.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
No record of post on Trump’s account Trump began his second presidential term with a flurry of executive orders, one of which rolled back DEI programs in all agencies in the executive branch.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Searching for a message Image Now that Mr. Trump is in office, his overwhelm-the-opposition strategy — rolling back measures on race, D.E.I. and L.G.B.T.Q. rights in lightning-quick succession — has left Democrats gasping for air.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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