as in routine
an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity
followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street
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Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez drifted across the paint and elevated in lockstep with Braun.
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
For years, Vance, in lockstep with the Project 2025 folks, has been clear and vocal in his desire to destroy U.S. higher education, viewing it as a threat to conservative values — and conservative power.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
But Rubio has known Trump for years, learned how to work with the president and is in lockstep on his agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
After some adjustment, the tools deployed for the auditing of infant technology companies changed largely in lockstep, with new data processing that arrived in the mid-1980s (Microsoft Excel launched in 1985).
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
For years, Vance, in lockstep with the Project 2025 folks, has been clear and vocal in his desire to destroy U.S. higher education, viewing it as a threat to conservative values — and conservative power.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
But Rubio has known Trump for years, learned how to work with the president and is in lockstep on his agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
After some adjustment, the tools deployed for the auditing of infant technology companies changed largely in lockstep, with new data processing that arrived in the mid-1980s (Microsoft Excel launched in 1985).
—William Tarr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lockstep
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“Lockstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockstep. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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