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verb

Definition of roll backnext
as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards

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rollback

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noun

as in reversal

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Recent Examples of roll back
Verb
The particulate-matter standard that Zeldin intends to roll back is still nearly twice as high as the limit the World Health Organization recommends to protect health. — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025 That crash was also caused by a president's words or actions - John F. Kennedy’s browbeating of the nation’s largest steelmakers to roll back recently announced price increases, raising concerns about government meddling in the private market. — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
The goal: to rail against plans to cut Medicaid, tax cuts for the wealthy, environmental rollbacks and other policies pushed by President Donald Trump and his GOP allies. — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025 Assembly Republicans called out their colleagues on the floor for not being bolder in their regulatory rollbacks. — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roll back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll back
  1. abolish
  2. reversal
  3. repeal
  4. surrender
  5. cancel
  6. abolition
  7. avoid
  8. strike down
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  • France belatedly abolished slavery in 1848 in its remaining colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guyana, which are still territories of France today.
    — Marlene L. Daut, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of abolish
Noun
  • The reversal played out at the closed board meeting, the person and Dreyer, who listened to the meeting over Zoom, said to The Bee.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His defensive stance provided a massive cushion for Berkshire as President Donald Trump’s stunning tariff rollout and reversal triggered roller-coaster price swings in the market.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of reversal
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  • The program also receives about 5% of its revenue from interest generated by its trust funds and about 4% of its revenue from the tax that Trump wants to repeal.
    — Dennis W. Jansen, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • President Donald Trump this week issued a sweeping directive ordering federal agencies to repeal regulations that conflict with recent Supreme Court rulings.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2025
Definition of repeal
Noun
  • When Dane, chief of the Children of Light, swallows his pride and agrees to help the villagers in exchange for Perrin’s surrender at battle’s end, he’s taken by surprise by enemy agents within their midst, led by season one’s minor antagonist, Padan Fain.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Far from proposing lenient surrender terms to exonerate the Confederates, Grant did so in an effort to change their hearts and minds.
    — Made by History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of surrender
Verb
  • The government last month canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia and threatened to withhold billions more, accusing the university in New York of not doing enough to combat antisemitism and to ensure student safety amid last year's Gaza encampment campus protests.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • For under $100, these are an incredible bargain for such high-quality noise cancelling earbuds.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of cancel
Noun
  • Tubman’s fearless activism led to the eventual abolition of slavery and inspired later generations of civil rights leaders.
    — Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • However, the reality is that the consequences of slavery and segregation did not end with their legal abolition.
    — C. Anthony Muse, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of abolition
Verb
  • Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Definition of avoid
Verb
  • Gomez’s lawsuit seeks to immediately bar FinCEN from being able to enforce the order and to eventually have the order struck down and declared unconstitutional.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
  • And never mind that the university made expensive efforts to recruit African-American faculty and students before the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
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