as in to abolish
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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as in reversal
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Recent Examples of roll back
Maya Phillips, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
During Trump’s first term, the administration put climate on the back burner—rolling back more than 125 environmental rules and policies.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The Massachusetts Council of Churches said in a release that in the weeks following the rollback, congregations across Massachusetts have seen a decline in worship attendance and social service use.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Disney is one that is following the trend, having just publicly rolled back some of its D.E.I. efforts.
—Maya Phillips, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
During Trump’s first term, the administration put climate on the back burner—rolling back more than 125 environmental rules and policies.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
Medicaid, in particular, has been a focus of Democrats as House Republicans consider a rollback of the entitlement.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The Massachusetts Council of Churches said in a release that in the weeks following the rollback, congregations across Massachusetts have seen a decline in worship attendance and social service use.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Meanwhile, the current administration under President Trump has moved to abolish federal DEI programs.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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That was weeks after the end of the U.S. Civil War but months before the 13th Amendment abolished slavery nationwide.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Instead, multiple headwinds seem to be working in conjunction to cause the sell-off, including a reversal of technical factors that drove the previous rally.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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The result showed some diminished support for Ukraine, because previous assembly votes saw more than 140 nations condemn Russia’s aggression, demand an immediate withdrawal, and reversal of its annexation of four Ukrainian regions.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Democrats see the Medicaid cuts that are likely to be included in whatever legislation House Republicans put together as a salient line of political attack, akin to their efforts to campaign in 2018 on the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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The resolution would unlock a mega-reconciliation bill to bolster oil and gas drilling and repeal IRA programs.—
Nick Sobczyk,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine is unlikely to accept any peace agreement based on the Istanbul negotiations as such terms are effectively a full Ukrainian surrender to Russia's long-term war goals.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Lastly, with a total lunar eclipse in Virgo activating your 12th house of surrender on March 14, there’s no better time to rid yourself of emotional baggage and fears that could be holding you back from embracing your personal power or experiencing a relationship fully.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The largest item on its latest list is a $1.9 billion cut at the Treasury Department—except this contract was actually canceled last fall, under the Biden administration, before DOGE even existed, The Times reported.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Nearly seven years after Daredevil was canceled at Netflix, Daredevil: Born Again has risen from the ashes.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His decision is a nudge toward a more rational death penalty and perhaps its eventual abolition.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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In Wide Sargasso Sea, Bertha is imagined as a girl originally named Antoinette, raised in Jamaica on a fallow sugar plantation after the abolition of British slavery.—
Ilana Masad,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In a post on X, the NYPD asked people to avoid the area as the investigation proceeded.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The couple have been riding high ever since, with Harlow famously avoiding singer Usher’s flirtatious serenade during his Las Vegas residency out of respect for the Milwaukee Buck back in 2023.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: This comes as enrollment of first-year Black and Hispanic medical students nationwide has fallen sharply after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education, Axios' Maya Goldman writes.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
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More than murder The Senate’s bill analysis notes that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down mandatory death sentences before, and that the new proposal could face conflicts with another existing Supreme Court precedent that restricts the death penalty to murder cases.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
12 Feb. 2025
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