fortune cookie
noun
: a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is printed a fortune, proverb, or humorous statement
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Reading it is like spending time with a delusional fortune cookie: platitudes that feel like they were run through a translation service three times.
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Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
And with the year almost over, the bad-omen fortune cookies keep coming.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Dec. 2025
Inside the fortune cookie factory, the room was dim, fragrant with warm vanilla, and packed with antique machinery.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In the first film, mystical Chinese fortune cookies cause Anna, a rebellious teenager, and her uptight mother, Tess, to swap bodies.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
And with the year almost over, the bad-omen fortune cookies keep coming.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 8 Dec. 2025
Inside the fortune cookie factory, the room was dim, fragrant with warm vanilla, and packed with antique machinery.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
In the first film, mystical Chinese fortune cookies cause Anna, a rebellious teenager, and her uptight mother, Tess, to swap bodies.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fortune cookie
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“Fortune cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fortune%20cookie. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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