How to Use lockstep in a Sentence

lockstep

noun
  • In the canon of legendary hip-hop groups, the Fugees are in lockstep with the best of the best.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The base of the party is locked in lockstep with Trump.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • All of this work was done in lockstep with The Carter Center.
    — Justin Hemenway, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • The group included video of the goose following Eleanor in lockstep — Eleanor in her pen and the goose just outside of it.
    — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Dunn is right there in lockstep with her, making for the most fun (and insane) track on Reboot II.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Even members of the LDP aren’t in full lockstep on revisions.
    — Jeffrey Kingston, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2017
  • South Korea will try to stay in lockstep with the United States if the diplomacy hits a rough patch.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, Fox News, 5 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Over the past few seasons, the guild and the Academy have been in near lockstep regarding the individual acting winners.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Democrats are likely to vote in lockstep against the legislation, seeing it as primarily benefiting the very wealthy.
    — Axios, 27 Feb. 2025

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