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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Recent Examples of lockstep That industry and this fire represent supercharged expressions of two trends that have been marching in lockstep for the past century and a half. CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025 Even though both siblings in Hard Truths have such disparate natures, their souls are somehow in lockstep. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025 The percentage avoiding care increased in lockstep with rising body weight, according to the study, published in the International Journal of Obesity. Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 In that time, the team’s budget has grown in lockstep, according to data from Sportico’s college finance database. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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