Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A marching-step, executed by several men arranged in as close file as possible, in which each person follows exactly the step of the person before him.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
lockstep .
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Examples
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If California Rep. Darrell Issa and other congressional members who are in lock-step with the NRA bosses want to get to the bottom of the ATF gun trafficking operation, they need to start looking at their own actions and lack of action.
Paul Helmke: In the ATF "Fast and Furious" Controversy, Congress Needs to Question Its Own Behavior Paul Helmke 2011
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If California Rep. Darrell Issa and other congressional members who are in lock-step with the NRA bosses want to get to the bottom of the ATF gun trafficking operation, they need to start looking at their own actions and lack of action.
Paul Helmke: In the ATF "Fast and Furious" Controversy, Congress Needs to Question Its Own Behavior Paul Helmke 2011
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Then you extremists can look at me through your far-right-wing-colored glasses and call this crusty old seadog a "touchy-feely liberal" for not being in lock-step with the Republicans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The past few weeks have been a contrast to previous months, when worries about the European governments defaulting on their debts or of upheaval in Middle Eastern countries had assets moving in lock-step.
Inflation Drives a Shift in Markets Tom Lauricella 2011
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Financial markets often moved in lock-step, making it difficult for money managers to find safe places to invest.
'Macro' Hedge Funds Lose More Than 10% in 2011 Neil Shah 2012
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Then you extremists can look at me through your far-right-wing-colored glasses and call this crusty old seadog a "touchy-feely liberal" for not being in lock-step with the Republicans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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"People have glommed onto the idea that because everything was trading in lock-step, opportunities weren't abundant," Mr. Birinyi says.
Inside the Fund Turnaround Ben Levisohn 2012
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Many strategists and mangers blame funds' poor showing in 2011 on high levels of "correlation"—the tendency of stocks or asset classes to move in lock-step, which often happens when investors are fearful.
Inside the Fund Turnaround Ben Levisohn 2012
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Journal Community In recent quarters, delinquencies have moved largely in lock-step with employment.
Housing Data Show Woes Are Easing Nick Timiraos 2011
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The move signals what investors say could be the end of the longest run of lock-step trading between the two on record.
Dr. Copper Gets a New Specialty Matt Day 2012
cosmican commented on the word lock-step
A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
November 17, 2007