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or cooky
1
as in biscuit
a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
She packed a few cookies in her lunch bag for an afternoon snack.
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2
as in person
a member of the human race
The new CEO is said to be one sharp cookie.
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3
as in queen
an attractive woman
The old timer would cast a playful wink at any of the female nurses, or cookies as he called them, that caught his eye.
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Recent Examples of cookie
Compared to cakes and cookies, making a pie can give even experienced bakers anxiety.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Sender has observed that evolving privacy regulations and ongoing platform updates have made third-party cookie-based targeting less dependable for some marketers, leading many to explore first-party data strategies more actively.
—William Jones, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Chapter on cakes, cookies, all sorts of things.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
For Shein and Google, new fines passed down from the French government are just the way the cookie crumbles.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Sender has observed that evolving privacy regulations and ongoing platform updates have made third-party cookie-based targeting less dependable for some marketers, leading many to explore first-party data strategies more actively.
—William Jones, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Chapter on cakes, cookies, all sorts of things.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
For Shein and Google, new fines passed down from the French government are just the way the cookie crumbles.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie
Noun
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I’’ll say up front that the famous Cracker Barrel buttermilk biscuits were still on-target.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fried chicken, biscuits, cinnamon apples, corn pudding, and country ham all arrive in heaping bowls meant to be passed around.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Authorities are combing through video from the scene, including this video which appears to show a person on the roof immediately following the shooting, according to sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Republican strategist Michael Biundo was among many to observe how confident Kirk was from the jump, how undaunted by being new to the scene and often the youngest person in the mix.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trending Video For consistency, all of the prices reflect queen sizes.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
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The show created by and starring Florence Longpré, a queen of Canadian dramedy, is playing on Bell’s streamer Crave in Canada, and Canal+ in France.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last week, Nestlé, the $244 billion food conglomerate behind some of the world’s most beloved candy and coffee brands, announced that its CEO, Laurent Freixe, had been dismissed for violating the company code of conduct after just one year on the job.—
Lila MacLellan,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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So, this was like being a kid in a candy shop to get to see all this stuff.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another favorite comic novel of mine, this one follows a guy in Beijing who installs custom, old school sound systems for rich people.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.—
Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rooted in Celtic tradition, this practice ensures that the bees will remain with their hives and continue to produce honey.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The film becomes thicker than honey at such temperatures, hardly recognizable as water, and far too viscous for skiing.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Authorities arrested a man shortly after a bullet hit Kirk, Mason said during the news conference.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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No man is worth missing Paris for.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Positioned on top of spring waters, this structure is home to the statue of the Greek goddess of health.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The sycamore species itself carries symbolic weight in world mythologies, linked to Hera, queen of the Greek gods; the World Tree in Celtic tradition; and Hathor, the Ancient Egyptian goddess of love and beauty.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookie. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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