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
Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The mercurial billionaire’s fawning support of a Republican candidate who promises to roll back environmental progress is a dilemma for a company whose core buyers identify as climate-conscious Democrats.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 18 Oct. 2024
The 2024 Walmart Holiday Deals event is bursting with rollbacks.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, the immense energy and water consumption required to build, expand, and maintain the coming A.I. infrastructure threatens to roll back gains made by environmental regulation in the past half century.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The mercurial billionaire’s fawning support of a Republican candidate who promises to roll back environmental progress is a dilemma for a company whose core buyers identify as climate-conscious Democrats.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This subtle shift marks a distinction between the rollback in the UK and in the US.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 18 Oct. 2024
The 2024 Walmart Holiday Deals event is bursting with rollbacks.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
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Despite proposals to change or abolish the Electoral College (the University of Central Florida reports there have been over 1,000), there are many reasons why these attempts failed.Russell Falcon, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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Alaska, California, Louisiana and Washington have abolished party primaries for congressional elections and replaced them with open, all-candidate primaries.Russell Contreras, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Those reversals all took place in races where there was a less than 0.06% difference between the candidates.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The startling reversal driven by the gender gap and the strength of independent women, who back Harris by a 28-point margin.NBC News, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Alaska repealed its ranked choice voting law and replaced the candidate who won under the scheme two years ago.Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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The Panic of 1893 and President Grover Cleveland’s initiative to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, however, jointly tanked Leadville’s fortunes.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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According to Safe Haven Baby Boxes, the organization is the only one in the U.S. that provides an anonymous surrender option to parents of newborns.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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The militants carried out bombings, ransom kidnappings and beheadings during their heyday starting in the late 1990s, but they have been weakened considerably by battle defeats, surrenders and infighting.Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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This report comes days after luxury department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue suddenly canceled its annual holiday light show at the brand’s flagship Manhattan building.Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The university canceled all classes scheduled for Monday, when grief counselors will be available for students in the chapel.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Both were ministers who left their pulpits to fight for abolition, leading two of the first Black regiments at a time when the Army would not commission Black officers.Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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Law enforcement spending and the concept of police abolition have become divisive issues in the De León-Jurado contest, as well as in the council race between former State Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian and small-business owner Jillian Burgos.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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These things make Istanbul a great place to get high-quality hair transplants at low prices, but patients need to be careful to avoid secret risks.Ethan Stone, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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To avoid being dragged into yet more conflict in the Middle East, the United States must work to restrain further Israeli action and stabilize the balance of power.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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When the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban in May 2018, a handful of states were ready to go almost immediately.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Yet the outcome stands to dictate whether Louisiana’s map can survive in future years and carry broader repercussions for how remedial designs can be drawn once a court strikes down a map under the Voting Rights Act.Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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