How to Use lockstep in a Sentence

lockstep

noun
  • Holmes was right there with him in lockstep.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For the most part, oil prices are in lockstep with gas prices.
    CBS News, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Very simply, as returns go up, risk goes up with it in lockstep.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Inside, the rooms shift in mood rather than marching in lockstep.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Over the course of six games, you guys have been in lockstep with one another.
    John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • 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
  • Gasoline prices follow crude, but not in lockstep.
    Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Thor is in lockstep with Martin on the safety of the event.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The events after the village are in near lockstep with the series.
    Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The frauds have grown nearly in lockstep with the growth of the industry.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Since then, the two unions have seemed to operate in lockstep with each other.
    Jon Passantino, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • When the team did drills, the three were in lockstep when directing players where to go.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Sequencers and drum machines, on the other hand, march in lockstep.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
  • So why hasn’t the moisture in the air risen in lockstep with the heat in the US?
    Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
  • All of this work was done in lockstep with The Carter Center.
    Justin Hemenway, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • And the Japanese public seem to be in lockstep with his views.
    Emiko Jozuka and Blake Essig, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • This is the propensity for a stock’s price to rise in lockstep with its dividend.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The Padres need to be in lockstep now, with the precision of Marines.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Their job was to notice everyone marching in lockstep and break the spell.
    Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Hieronimus loves to stay in lockstep with culture.
    Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • That's almost in lockstep with the Fed's rate hikes that began last March.
    CBS News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Emry Schwalm fixated on the hair in front of her and fell into lockstep with it.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • 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
  • That doesn't mean gold prices move in perfect lockstep with inflation, but the broader pattern tends to hold.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The fact that surge has come in lockstep with Schwarber going off is not a coincidence.
    ABC News, 15 May 2026
  • The fact that surge has come in lockstep with Schwarber going off is not a coincidence.
    CBS News, 16 May 2026

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