: 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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Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Over the last few months, the future of national public lands has been precarious because of staff shortages and funding rollbacks under President Donald Trump’s massive federal overhaul.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Republicans chose to roll back or end many of the credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act that was passed under President Biden in order to find more cost savings.
—Claudia Grisales, NPR, 25 June 2025
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Noun
Still, Lee believes that North Korea may be willing to come back to the negotiating table for a freeze — though not a rollback — of its nuclear program.
—Verb
In November, Downtown College Prep provided bondholders with five cost-cutting scenarios that included reducing staff and rolling back teachers’ salaries and benefits.
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“Rollback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rollback. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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