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What does lockstep mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lockstep? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
  2. (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
  3. An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.
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Advertising markets in Asia were growing weaker in lockstep with the slowing U.S. economy.
Among them was whether a judge votes in lockstep with other judges nominated by the same political party.
One-size-fits-all standardized tests are driving curricula, and top-down reforms are mandating lockstep procedures for classroom instructors.
For the first third of a million years or so after the big bang, matter and energy in the universe moved in lockstep.
We will be awkwardly zagging while most of our peers happily zig in lockstep.
They dance and walk sideways in lockstep and do all the things they've been trained to do.

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