: 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
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
The rollback was denounced by environmental and conservation groups but was considered a win for farmers.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, advocates for stronger intervention worry that the rollback of anti-loitering laws has limited the ability of law enforcement to go after those responsible for endangering workers’ lives.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The new rollback sets the state even further behind, likely to the detriment of ratepayers statewide.
—Cynthia Koehler, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Women like Velasquez have flooded into the fulltime workplace over the past few years, spurred by newly flexible options combined with the rollback of pandemic-era school and daycare restrictions.
—TIME, 1 Mar. 2024
All rivers in New Mexico were ranked first on the list following a Supreme Court rollback on Clean Water Act protections.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
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
Far too many of those leading efforts to correct course have been satisfied with simply rolling back problematic policies and legislation.
—Robert L. Woodson Sr., National Review, 6 May 2024
In Texas, opposition from the Asian American community, including a former Republican lawmaker of Chinese descent, helped roll back some provisions in a similar bill.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Another attempt to stifle EV adoption comes from Senator John Barrasso (WY) who introduced legislation last week along with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV) to roll back federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
While chains and trade groups are lobbying lawmakers, some of the same retailers have donated millions of dollars to back a ballot measure rolling back portions of Proposition 47.
—Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
The guidance was a reversal of a Trump administration policy rolling back Obama-era guidance directing schools to allow trans students to use the school facilities that align with their gender identities.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
The new regulations drew sharp criticism, however, and the Trump administration rolled back some of them, such as a prohibition on 1 percent chocolate milk.
—Julie Creswell Audra Melton, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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
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
The rollback was denounced by environmental and conservation groups but was considered a win for farmers.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, advocates for stronger intervention worry that the rollback of anti-loitering laws has limited the ability of law enforcement to go after those responsible for endangering workers’ lives.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The new rollback sets the state even further behind, likely to the detriment of ratepayers statewide.
—Cynthia Koehler, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Women like Velasquez have flooded into the fulltime workplace over the past few years, spurred by newly flexible options combined with the rollback of pandemic-era school and daycare restrictions.
—TIME, 1 Mar. 2024
All rivers in New Mexico were ranked first on the list following a Supreme Court rollback on Clean Water Act protections.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
Verb
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
Far too many of those leading efforts to correct course have been satisfied with simply rolling back problematic policies and legislation.
—Robert L. Woodson Sr., National Review, 6 May 2024
In Texas, opposition from the Asian American community, including a former Republican lawmaker of Chinese descent, helped roll back some provisions in a similar bill.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 6 May 2024
Another attempt to stifle EV adoption comes from Senator John Barrasso (WY) who introduced legislation last week along with Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV) to roll back federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 6 May 2024
While chains and trade groups are lobbying lawmakers, some of the same retailers have donated millions of dollars to back a ballot measure rolling back portions of Proposition 47.
—Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
The guidance was a reversal of a Trump administration policy rolling back Obama-era guidance directing schools to allow trans students to use the school facilities that align with their gender identities.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 29 Apr. 2024
The new regulations drew sharp criticism, however, and the Trump administration rolled back some of them, such as a prohibition on 1 percent chocolate milk.
—Julie Creswell Audra Melton, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
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