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
Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Chesterfield School Board voted early Wednesday to roll back some protections for transgender students that have been in place since 2021.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
Industrial and business groups have sent Trump a rollbacks wish list of Biden administration regulations on pollution and other protections.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Since returning to power in August 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, the Taliban have steadily rolled back women’s rights, including barring girls from attending classes beyond the sixth grade.
—Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Chesterfield School Board voted early Wednesday to roll back some protections for transgender students that have been in place since 2021.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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Trump also created a new fiscal commission, led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, tasked with proposing a regulatory rollback.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
Industrial and business groups have sent Trump a rollbacks wish list of Biden administration regulations on pollution and other protections.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Some critics want to abolish the agency altogether.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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India proposed in July to abolish its 2 percent equalization levy.Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The reversal, perhaps typical of our time, is that, whereas the Welles broadcast was a program that, heard indoors, thrust people in terror out-of-doors, our drone panic involves an outdoor occurrence that people race inside to make sense of.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Yet in a few respects, a bit of wobbly action in the indexes, surge in volatility and reversals in some of the more overheated assets were overdue and probably necessary to test the bull market against higher bond yields and a more-foggy policy horizon.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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A number of labor unions across industries have been at the forefront of the years-long push to repeal WEP and GPO.Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
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That included proposals to instead replace rather than fully repeal the Social Security provisions or to raise the retirement age to help offset the cost of the benefit increases.Lorie Konish, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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However, owner surrender rates increased from 30.5 percent in 2019 to 32 percent in 2024, which is primarily due to cats.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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It could well be forced into a surrender involving Putin annexing huge swaths of its territory, as well as promising never to join NATO.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The church canceled the charity event with bags of rice and clothing items still arranged within the premises.Dyepkazah Shibayan and Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Several schools have canceled Friday classes in Wisconsin due to the snowy weather.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Although Williamson opposed the existence of slavery within the British empire, stories about white slavery helped opponents of abolition.Gunther Peck / Made by History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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Tang was arrested in January as part of a nationwide abolition of financial corruption.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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To do this, avoid cutting all the way through when trimming off the base of each rib.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
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Officials urge residents to avoid coastal areas, stay informed about conditions and prioritize safety.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Supreme Court struck down a Biden emergency request to enforce its policies in 10 states that were trying to contest it.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the consideration of race in college admissions policies.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Roll back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20back. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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