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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Try food favorites from New York or opt for a subscription to cookies, pizza, sandwiches, ice cream, cake, or pie.
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Patrice J. Williams, Parents, 12 July 2024
Send tips, commentary, feedback and cookie recipes to cmartel@thehill.com.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 10 July 2024
Simmons unveiled the partnership through a short and fun ad that saw the TV personality lounging in a bathtub filled with Oreo cookies.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 July 2024
The silence is delightfully interrupted by three older men dressed in loafers and Hawaiian shirts conversing animatedly in Greek over a half-empty box of almond cookies.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
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Patrice J. Williams, Parents, 12 July 2024
Send tips, commentary, feedback and cookie recipes to cmartel@thehill.com.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 10 July 2024
Simmons unveiled the partnership through a short and fun ad that saw the TV personality lounging in a bathtub filled with Oreo cookies.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 July 2024
The silence is delightfully interrupted by three older men dressed in loafers and Hawaiian shirts conversing animatedly in Greek over a half-empty box of almond cookies.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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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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