: 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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Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Newsweek has created a map showing the European nations where governments and companies have rejected a U.S. directive applying President Donald Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies to American federal contractors abroad.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Meta, Amazon, McDonald’s and Goldman Sachs are among the companies that have changed or rolled back their DEI policies in recent months.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
On Tuesday, Democratic attorneys general and governors in 23 states and Washington, DC, filed a lawsuit against HHS arguing that the department’s sudden rollback of $12 billion in public health funding was unlawful and harmful.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Newsweek has created a map showing the European nations where governments and companies have rejected a U.S. directive applying President Donald Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies to American federal contractors abroad.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
Any attempt to roll back the years is likely to cause those prices to go up, making life even more difficult for those already suffering, although Driscoll claims his research suggests that is not necessarily so.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Meta, Amazon, McDonald’s and Goldman Sachs are among the companies that have changed or rolled back their DEI policies in recent months.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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