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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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.
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William Jones, USA Today, 5 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.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 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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William Jones, USA Today, 5 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.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 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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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 9 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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