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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The three Asian countries plan to announce retaliatory tariffs in lockstep, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said Monday.
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Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Most Democrats oppose the GOP bill, especially after their House colleagues voted nearly in lockstep to defeat it.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Republicans hold just a four-vote majority in the House of Representatives, meaning the GOP can afford to lose no more than one GOP vote if Democrats vote in lockstep against the spending bill.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Most Democrats oppose the GOP bill, especially after their House colleagues voted nearly in lockstep to defeat it.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Republicans hold just a four-vote majority in the House of Representatives, meaning the GOP can afford to lose no more than one GOP vote if Democrats vote in lockstep against the spending bill.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Lockstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lockstep. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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