variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small flat or slightly raised cake
2
3
: a small file or part of a file stored on a World Wide Web user's computer, created and subsequently read by a website server, and containing personal information (such as a user identification code, customized preferences, or a record of pages visited)
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Examples of cookie in a Sentence
This recipe makes about two dozen cookies.
She put a batch of cookies into the oven.
Don't worry about her—she's a tough cookie.
You are one smart cookie.
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In the room, there are fresh juice shots left in the fridge, homemade coconut and almond cookies in a jar and sleep-inducing teas to brew.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
OpenAI likely isn’t getting financial credit for its role in that transaction, because the old ways of tracking purchase credit through cookies and last-click attribution largely don’t work in this new world.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Plus, Pleasanton’s Primrose Bakery will sell its German cookies and cakes throughout the weekend.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
OpenAI likely isn’t getting financial credit for its role in that transaction, because the old ways of tracking purchase credit through cookies and last-click attribution largely don’t work in this new world.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Plus, Pleasanton’s Primrose Bakery will sell its German cookies and cakes throughout the weekend.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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cookie
noun
cook·ie
variants
or cooky
plural cookies
1
: a small sweet flat or slightly raised cake
2
: a small computer file that contains information relating to websites a person has visited
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