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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Both Clark and Tisch, however, are in lockstep in their push to have the 2020 discovery laws tweaked, both saying that too many cases have been dismissed on technicalities, rather than prosecutors intentionally withholding evidence from defense lawyers.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
Croxall, Giannone, Madera, and McVeigh have remained in lockstep throughout the proceedings and Croxall posted a selfie of the four women on International Women’s Day over the weekend.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
The Windows and Mac editions scored in lockstep with Webroot, achieving identical results.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
But given the enduring complexities of Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and the cultural hot button that campus protests became over the past two years, Hollywood — like much of America — is not in lockstep on how to call for peace in Gaza.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
Croxall, Giannone, Madera, and McVeigh have remained in lockstep throughout the proceedings and Croxall posted a selfie of the four women on International Women’s Day over the weekend.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
The Windows and Mac editions scored in lockstep with Webroot, achieving identical results.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
But given the enduring complexities of Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and the cultural hot button that campus protests became over the past two years, Hollywood — like much of America — is not in lockstep on how to call for peace in Gaza.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 28 Feb. 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 21 Apr. 2025.
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