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verb

Definition of roll backnext
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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rollback

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noun

as in reversal

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Recent Examples of roll back
Verb
The particulate-matter standard that Zeldin intends to roll back is still nearly twice as high as the limit the World Health Organization recommends to protect health. — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025 That crash was also caused by a president's words or actions - John F. Kennedy’s browbeating of the nation’s largest steelmakers to roll back recently announced price increases, raising concerns about government meddling in the private market. — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
The goal: to rail against plans to cut Medicaid, tax cuts for the wealthy, environmental rollbacks and other policies pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 Assembly Republicans called out their colleagues on the floor for not being bolder in their regulatory rollbacks. — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roll back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll back
  1. abolish
  2. reversal
  3. repeal
  4. surrender
  5. cancel
  6. abolition
  7. avoid
  8. strike down
Verb
  • Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R.) has signed legislation to abolish the state’s income tax.
    — Douglas Carswell, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Democrats who previously demanded that the Senate abolish the filibuster are now furious that the party didn’t use it.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of abolish
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  • The reversal played out at the closed board meeting, the person and Dreyer, who listened to the meeting over Zoom, said to The Bee.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His defensive stance provided a massive cushion for Berkshire as President Donald Trump’s stunning tariff rollout and reversal triggered roller-coaster price swings in the market.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of reversal
Verb
  • The program also receives about 5% of its revenue from interest generated by its trust funds and about 4% of its revenue from the tax that Trump wants to repeal.
    — Dennis W. Jansen, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The Maryland Freedom Caucus has repeatedly called these initiatives unworkable and asked to repeal these devastating mandates.
    — Ryan Nawrocki, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of repeal
Noun
  • Beyond the symbolism of that surrender, bigger things are happening.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
  • While both sides have — in theory — agreed to a limited, 30-day ceasefire, Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed conditions that would essentially constitute a Ukrainian surrender.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of surrender
Verb
  • For under $100, these are an incredible bargain for such high-quality noise cancelling earbuds.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Several offshore wind farms planned along the Northeast were canceled in recent years as costs rose due to inflation and supply chain problems during the pandemic.
    — Erin Baker, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of cancel
Noun
  • Lewis was working within the Neoclassical mode, recycling the stylings of ancient Greece for a new era concerned with enforcing the abolition of slavery.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But people don't know that Quakers were really instrumental in abolition.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of abolition
Verb
  • In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Facing the Marlins for the second time in a week, the Mets (7-3) avoided facing ace Sandy Alcantara, with the 2022 Cy Young Award winner having been added to the paternity list earlier in the day.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of avoid
Verb
  • The Supreme Court struck down an emergency request by Biden to enforce the rewrite in states that defied the rewrite in August.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The court has already ruled against Republicans in key cases, including striking down a ban on absentee ballot drop boxes and ordering new legislative maps that helped Democrats gain seats last November.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of strike down

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