rolled back

verb

past tense of roll back
as in abolished
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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Recent Examples of rolled back Oregon has a sunshine committee that reviews public records exemptions and identifies ones that should be rolled back. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026 At the same time, some other large businesses — including Target and Walmart — rolled back their DEI efforts. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have rolled back platform-level fact-checking in the United States, X has moved away from traditional fact-checking, and YouTube has loosened its misinformation policies. — Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026 Some of the laws have since been rolled back, with crime metrics showing improvement in recent months. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026 Each day, Americans see health protections rolled back, climate commitments abandoned, and more technologies that nobody asked for and nobody can opt out of. — Anandita Sabherwal, Time, 3 Aug. 2026 Walmart has rolled back prices on over 250 items, doubling down on its Great Value brand, while refreshing packaging, improving product quality, and reinforcing its value positioning. — Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Messi, of course, was superb and rolled back the years to produce some mesmerizing performances. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 Few of those concerns were in the air as the halftime performers retreated from the field, the tarp was rolled back, and the sprinkler system was activated to prepare the field for the final moments of the World Cup. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolled back
  1. abolished
  2. repealed
  3. canceled
  4. struck down
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  • Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolished
Verb
  • But the immunizations considered for repeal by DOH are only an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Other vaccine requirements, such as for measles, polio and mumps, are in state statute and would require the Legislature’s sign-off to be repealed.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • If the league and union can’t agree on a new contract by some time in March, some regular-season games likely would be canceled.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • South Korean officials said this week that a second exercise, for amphibious landings scheduled for September, was canceled in June.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceled
Verb
  • The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday struck down one of those holds.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Over the last two years, pretty much every longstanding NCAA eligibility rule has been struck down by a state or federal judge.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of struck down

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“Rolled back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolled%20back. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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