: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
What’s on the ballot The ballot includes the three bond propositions, a tax rollback, mayor and city council races and Northwest school board places.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
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Noun
Voters in several states, including Republican-leaning ones like Kansas and Ohio, have rejected efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortions since the federal rollback from the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
What’s on the ballot The ballot includes the three bond propositions, a tax rollback, mayor and city council races and Northwest school board places.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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