How to Use lockstep in a Sentence

lockstep

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  • For the most part, oil prices are in lockstep with gas prices.
    — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The Padres need to be in lockstep now, with the precision of Marines.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • The two appeared to be in lockstep throughout the game.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The lockstep moves in stocks and bonds that have been seen for much of 2022 are easing—for now, at least.
    — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The events after the village are in near lockstep with the series.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, the Ducks will try to get back into lockstep with the Kings again, this time on the road back to the playoffs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2021
  • For the most part, oil prices are in lockstep with gas prices — as oil rises, so do prices at the pump.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Linus Ullmark was far from his best in Game 2, his game in lockstep with the rest of the Black and Gold.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The teams then proceeded to win or lose in lockstep for 12 of the next 14 days on which both teams played games.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2021
  • That's almost in lockstep with the Fed's rate hikes that began last March.
    — CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • And the Japanese public seem to be in lockstep with his views.
    — Emiko Jozuka and Blake Essig, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The stock market does not move in lockstep with the economy.
    — Ben Marks and Brett Angel, Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
  • But the Democrats’ lockstep support for masking hurt them.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Since then, the two unions have seemed to operate in lockstep with each other.
    — Jon Passantino, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Very simply, as returns go up, risk goes up with it in lockstep.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The deal doesn’t include a ratchet mechanism that would force the U.K. to stiffen its rule in lockstep with the EU.
    — Fortune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • But Republicans stood in lockstep against the Democrats, denying them a single vote in the House and in the Senate on the bill.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Mar. 2021
  • This is the propensity for a stock’s price to rise in lockstep with its dividend.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • As the 6-foot Martin dribbled into the paint, Edwards kept her footing and backpedaled in lockstep with the guard.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • He's stayed in lockstep with Donald Trump and could be a strong ally in the Senate if both are elected.
    — Arika Herron, Axios, 17 July 2024
  • Likewise, the Valentino’s and Prada’s and Oscar de la Renta's of the world have all embraced plume in lockstep.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Not all Democrats are in lockstep with Biden's plans, and some Republicans agree with them.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 17 July 2021
  • Mortgage rates, which are now hovering just below 7%, tend to move in lockstep with the 10-year yield.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
  • For that reason, both interest rates and 10-year treasury bond rates tend to rise and fall in lockstep.
    — R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2020
  • But a closer look at the numbers shows that, across racial lines, students’ scores mostly fell in lockstep.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Cravath is one of a handful of firms that employ a lockstep system.
    — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Even on Fox News, Republicans, for once, did not go along with Trump in lockstep.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Conflict or strife grows in lockstep with a racial or ethnic spoils system.
    — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
  • This means that as the application evolves, the infrastructure evolves in lockstep.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • However, the hardware and software ecosystems must evolve in lockstep to unlock this potential.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

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