: 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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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Alena Botros, Fortune, 21 June 2024
The rollback of pandemic-era enrollment protections in Medicaid helped prompt states to implement policy changes aimed at simplifying renewal processes for beneficiaries and expanding eligibility for key groups, according to a KFF survey of state Medicaid officials.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
Anxieties, exacerbated by parenthood and climate change, punctuate her recent projects, which are tangibly relevant in the wake of a pandemic that pushed caregivers to breaking points and during an election year in which Donald Trump is promising to roll back environmental protections.
—Catherine Wagley, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
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Noun
That, along with the rollback of DEI programs, may explain why survey participants targeted chief diversity officers for obsolescence.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 21 June 2024
The rollback of pandemic-era enrollment protections in Medicaid helped prompt states to implement policy changes aimed at simplifying renewal processes for beneficiaries and expanding eligibility for key groups, according to a KFF survey of state Medicaid officials.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
Verb
Biden could respond by invoking Trump’s pledge to roll back clean energy initiatives to benefit domestic oil and natural gas production that would worsen the long-term fight against climate change.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
Anxieties, exacerbated by parenthood and climate change, punctuate her recent projects, which are tangibly relevant in the wake of a pandemic that pushed caregivers to breaking points and during an election year in which Donald Trump is promising to roll back environmental protections.
—Catherine Wagley, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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