cook·ie-cut·ter
ˈku̇-kē-ˌkə-tər 
: marked by lack of originality or distinction
cookie-cutter shopping malls
: a device used to cut rolled cookie dough into shapes before baking
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Too often, developments of this size that pop up on virgin ground get lost to boring cookie-cutter street scaping and architecture.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut out 24 tortilla rounds.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
For now, what the big outlets want to give us is bleak cookie-cutter prestige dramas like Black Rabbit, a show and restaurant that offer the empty calories of star power but no nutritional value.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Too often, developments of this size that pop up on virgin ground get lost to boring cookie-cutter street scaping and architecture.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
The ornate Cathedral on North Bayside Drive just north of the Venetian Causeway, stands out in a sea of cookie cutter hotels and condo buildings.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut out 24 tortilla rounds.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Cookie-cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie-cutter. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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