: 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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Shannon Heffernan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
Wood, who teaches history at Bard High School Early College in Newark, New Jersey, noted that recent rollbacks of child labor protections come during a time of skyrocketing child labor law violations.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Lex Harvey, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
Trump’s record is one of rolling back these measures and inviting major industries to pollute more.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Rafael Mangual, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, pointed out that many reforms remain in place despite attempts at rollbacks.
—Shannon Heffernan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
Wood, who teaches history at Bard High School Early College in Newark, New Jersey, noted that recent rollbacks of child labor protections come during a time of skyrocketing child labor law violations.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Verb
The violent response from Hasina’s government only added further fuel to the fire, even as quotas were rolled back.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
Trump’s record is one of rolling back these measures and inviting major industries to pollute more.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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