: 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
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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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Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The system should also support failure management and rollbacks.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
The rocket was then rolled back to the integration facility at SLC-36 to load up the payload for launch.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
By the numbers: Independent research shows the administration's target ranges are within reach but would be more difficult to achieve in the face of comprehensive rollbacks at the federal level.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
The system should also support failure management and rollbacks.
—William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
Companies like Walmart, John Deere and others rolled back their DEI initiatives in the past year.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
The rocket was then rolled back to the integration facility at SLC-36 to load up the payload for launch.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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