: 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
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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Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
None of the standards Trump listed were subject to an executive order, or any other kind of rapid rollback.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Even though President Trump rolled back some of his new tariffs, most countries in the world are still seeing the highest import taxes in over a century, NPR's Scott Horsley tells Up First.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the rollback of these regulations could add up to $3.9 billion to the federal deficit over ten years.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
None of the standards Trump listed were subject to an executive order, or any other kind of rapid rollback.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
Republicans have signaled that such tax benefits could be rolled back to raise revenues.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Even though President Trump rolled back some of his new tariffs, most countries in the world are still seeing the highest import taxes in over a century, NPR's Scott Horsley tells Up First.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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