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
David Klepper, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
President Trump made attacks against trans people a central part of his campaign — and many of his earliest actions in office have targeted or rolled back protections for trans Americans.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
And then March 3 came around, and the president who cried tariffs was expected to announce some kind of rollback, pause, delay or softened tax.
—David Goldman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
But the Trump administration also has rolled back other efforts at the FBI and other agencies related to countering digital and cyber threats.
—David Klepper, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
President Trump made attacks against trans people a central part of his campaign — and many of his earliest actions in office have targeted or rolled back protections for trans Americans.
—Erin Doherty, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Late Tuesday, Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick suggested on the Fox Business Network that a tariff rollback could arrive on Wednesday.
—Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
And then March 3 came around, and the president who cried tariffs was expected to announce some kind of rollback, pause, delay or softened tax.
—David Goldman, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Yet even as years’ worth of political backlash has drowned out calls to defund or abolish forces, perceptions of police shaped by tragedies like George Floyd and Uvalde aren’t so easily forgotten.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the administration's efforts to abolish federal agencies authorized by Congress are likely to meet the same fate as their attempts to stiff USAID contractors.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Shares of CrowdStrike have been hit hard over the past three weeks due to the reversal in several high-flying momentum tech stocks.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump, meanwhile, will see how the market responds to his reversal once stock trading resumes on Monday morning.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Targets: cities, counties The governor says his copycat state-level DOGE will audit cities and counties, colleges and universities, repeal 70 as-yet unspecified state boards, fire hundreds of state employees.—
Orlando Sentinel,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Project 2025 calls for downsizing more monuments and repealing the Antiquities Act.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Recognizing the urgency of the situation, AAC took Jiminy in as an owner surrender and immediately administered pain medication and sedation.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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But peace through surrender would bring at best a temporary end to the fighting—and, at worst, would lead only to more Russian aggression.—
STEPHEN HADLEY,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Mar. 2025
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Ten days later, Netflix canceled Centineo’s series, The Recruit, after two seasons.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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South Korean law allows prosecutors to continue to hold a suspect while pursuing an appeal, even after the suspect's arrest is canceled by a court.—
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9 Mar. 2025
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The Black colonial women of Boston were pioneers in the fight for justice, laying the groundwork for abolition and civil rights.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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McMahon did not, however, explicitly call on Monday for the total abolition of the Education Department.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Our Trust and Safety Resource Center offers additional guidance on recognizing and avoiding phishing attempts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Now the two sides are scrambling to resolve the funding gap and save the project to avoid returning more than $24.6 million in state dollars received through the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Homekey program.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Conservative lawmakers in a handful of states have introduced various measures encouraging the Supreme Court to strike down Obergefell.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Significantly, Trump’s EPA is also preparing to reconsider and strike down a consequential scientific finding on the dangers of climate pollution that has served as the basis behind federal regulations to curb them.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Roll back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20back. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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