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Recent Examples of roll back
Verb
Disney is one that is following the trend, having just publicly rolled back some of its D.E.I. efforts. Maya Phillips, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 During Trump’s first term, the administration put climate on the back burner—rolling back more than 125 environmental rules and policies. Simmone Shah, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
Medicaid, in particular, has been a focus of Democrats as House Republicans consider a rollback of the entitlement. David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 The Massachusetts Council of Churches said in a release that in the weeks following the rollback, congregations across Massachusetts have seen a decline in worship attendance and social service use. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roll back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll back
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the current administration under President Trump has moved to abolish federal DEI programs.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That was weeks after the end of the U.S. Civil War but months before the 13th Amendment abolished slavery nationwide.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, multiple headwinds seem to be working in conjunction to cause the sell-off, including a reversal of technical factors that drove the previous rally.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The result showed some diminished support for Ukraine, because previous assembly votes saw more than 140 nations condemn Russia’s aggression, demand an immediate withdrawal, and reversal of its annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
    Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Democrats see the Medicaid cuts that are likely to be included in whatever legislation House Republicans put together as a salient line of political attack, akin to their efforts to campaign in 2018 on the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The resolution would unlock a mega-reconciliation bill to bolster oil and gas drilling and repeal IRA programs.
    Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine is unlikely to accept any peace agreement based on the Istanbul negotiations as such terms are effectively a full Ukrainian surrender to Russia's long-term war goals.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Lastly, with a total lunar eclipse in Virgo activating your 12th house of surrender on March 14, there’s no better time to rid yourself of emotional baggage and fears that could be holding you back from embracing your personal power or experiencing a relationship fully.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The largest item on its latest list is a $1.9 billion cut at the Treasury Department—except this contract was actually canceled last fall, under the Biden administration, before DOGE even existed, The Times reported.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Nearly seven years after Daredevil was canceled at Netflix, Daredevil: Born Again has risen from the ashes.
    Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The painting refers to the European migrants who moved to Brazil en masse to work its plantations following the abolition of the slave trade in 1888.
    Emi Eleode, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • His decision is a nudge toward a more rational death penalty and perhaps its eventual abolition.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • To avoid this scenario, Silva-Nash simply recommends using an appropriate floor cleaner, rather than wax.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
  • To avoid any surprises, check the Maryland Park Service website for real-time updates.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • However, one state, Arizona, which already tried to implement similar barriers to voting, has now had its laws struck down by the courts.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • States in 'Chaos' Trump's eagerness to strike down NEVI have left state DOTs in a general state of confusion.
    Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Roll back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20back. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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