: 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
Synonyms
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
Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
Its rollback has been a slower process, but a welcome and healthy one.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 May 2024
Still, activists and leaders are not letting the rollbacks happen in silence.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
Such state-level rollbacks threaten to undermine the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the basis of federal child labor protections.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Where Uruguay and Brazil are seeing a surge, Argentina and Mexico fear a rollback.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 12 May 2024
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
What ended up happening in the years after the rollback went into effect in 2018 was so discreet that most people unlikely noticed its effects, says Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who directs the school's Center for Internet and Society and supports net neutrality.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Republicans are supporting a ballot measure to roll back portions of Proposition 47, a 2014 initiative that reduced penalties for minor theft and drug possession crimes.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
Some states, including California and Oregon, have begun rolling back drug policies that were aimed at shifting the addiction response to a public health model and reducing the role of police.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 May 2024
The Washington Post reported last week that Trump pledged to roll back Biden administration environmental policies if the oil executives meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago would raise $1 billion for his campaign.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The vote rolled back a decision made four years ago, when the killing of George Floyd prompted nationwide demands for a racial reckoning.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The effort involves new bills introduced by members of Congress, as well as lawsuits filed by state attorneys general, all with the goal of rolling back the minimal progress made by the Biden administration to reduce the share of planet-warming carbon emissions produced by the automotive sector.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Critics worry that the former general under a previous authoritarian government will roll back democracy.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 10 May 2024
At one early strategy meeting, someone mentioned Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, who had rolled back democratic norms there.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Noun
The auditors noted a carve-out in the state constitution exists to create a rollback legislatively whereby tax dollars could be recaptured if farmland is later developed for commercial use.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
Its rollback has been a slower process, but a welcome and healthy one.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 May 2024
Still, activists and leaders are not letting the rollbacks happen in silence.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024
Such state-level rollbacks threaten to undermine the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the basis of federal child labor protections.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Where Uruguay and Brazil are seeing a surge, Argentina and Mexico fear a rollback.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 12 May 2024
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
What ended up happening in the years after the rollback went into effect in 2018 was so discreet that most people unlikely noticed its effects, says Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who directs the school's Center for Internet and Society and supports net neutrality.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Verb
In short, the Immigration Act was unabashedly racist, seeking to roll back the demographic tide.
—Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Republicans are supporting a ballot measure to roll back portions of Proposition 47, a 2014 initiative that reduced penalties for minor theft and drug possession crimes.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
Some states, including California and Oregon, have begun rolling back drug policies that were aimed at shifting the addiction response to a public health model and reducing the role of police.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 May 2024
The Washington Post reported last week that Trump pledged to roll back Biden administration environmental policies if the oil executives meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago would raise $1 billion for his campaign.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
The vote rolled back a decision made four years ago, when the killing of George Floyd prompted nationwide demands for a racial reckoning.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The effort involves new bills introduced by members of Congress, as well as lawsuits filed by state attorneys general, all with the goal of rolling back the minimal progress made by the Biden administration to reduce the share of planet-warming carbon emissions produced by the automotive sector.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
Critics worry that the former general under a previous authoritarian government will roll back democracy.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 10 May 2024
At one early strategy meeting, someone mentioned Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary, who had rolled back democratic norms there.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
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