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 an Internet 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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Eating ultraprocessed pancakes for breakfast, chips with lunch, a bag of cookies for a snack and a pizza for dinner could quickly add up.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Other new items include drinks featuring Oreo cookies, a new frozen coffee called Coffee Chillers and a few new fruit-punch bakery items, according to the company.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The Oreo Matcha offers a matcha latte with whole milk and vanilla flavor, topped with Marshmallow Cold Foam and cookie crumbles.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The honey & cinnamon dog tags also make a fine coffee accompaniment with breakfast as these are slightly oversize, graham cracker-style cookies.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Other new items include drinks featuring Oreo cookies, a new frozen coffee called Coffee Chillers and a few new fruit-punch bakery items, according to the company.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
The Oreo Matcha offers a matcha latte with whole milk and vanilla flavor, topped with Marshmallow Cold Foam and cookie crumbles.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The honey & cinnamon dog tags also make a fine coffee accompaniment with breakfast as these are slightly oversize, graham cracker-style cookies.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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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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