: 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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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and President Donald Trump have unleashed severe federal workforce cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections, including at the EPA.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
It's been a tale of two companies with different policies, as Costco, which resisted public pressure to roll back its diversity plans, saw its 16th consecutive week of rising foot traffic that week.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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Noun
Before the bell, big-box retailer Target cut its full-year sales outlook, citing consumer uncertainty around consumer spending due to tariffs and backlash to a rollback of DEI efforts.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and President Donald Trump have unleashed severe federal workforce cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections, including at the EPA.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Verb
Last week, the US and China agreed to drastically roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for an initial 90-day period, in a surprise breakthrough.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
It's been a tale of two companies with different policies, as Costco, which resisted public pressure to roll back its diversity plans, saw its 16th consecutive week of rising foot traffic that week.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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