as in conventional
disapproving
very similar to other things of the same kind; not original or different
a neighborhood of cookie-cutter houses Opponents accused the candidate of taking a cookie-cutter approach to the problem.
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Recent Examples of cookie-cutter
As its story illustrates, the disabled experience is far from cookie-cutter or one-dimensional.
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John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Readers also get a peek behind the very human stories of these musicians, including how some were impacted by substance abuse and how many were just kids searching for meaning in a cookie-cutter suburban life that ultimately set off their teenage punk rock rebellion.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
In short, a chief of staff is anything but a cookie-cutter position.
—Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Everyone grows tired of cookie-cutter LinkedIn accounts sounding identical.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Readers also get a peek behind the very human stories of these musicians, including how some were impacted by substance abuse and how many were just kids searching for meaning in a cookie-cutter suburban life that ultimately set off their teenage punk rock rebellion.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
In short, a chief of staff is anything but a cookie-cutter position.
—Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Everyone grows tired of cookie-cutter LinkedIn accounts sounding identical.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie-cutter
Adjective
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International adoptions present additional challenges, like extensive travel and even more complex legal procedures, that don't always align with conventional leave timeframes.—
Cynthia McEwen,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Acknowledging and interrogating that would have invited more nuance into Joshua and Sonny’s relationship, which at a certain point leans into conventional archetypes to keep the story going.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Several leaders described the pressure of being both highly visible and easily stereotyped.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Their negative stereotyped reputation seems to follow them like ageism follows older employees or sexism follows female employees.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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On its current trajectory, the surest promise that generative AI offers is not creating new originators, but massively scaling up the production of derivative art.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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The integral counts much more than the derivative, thankfully, meaning there are errors which eventually correct themselves.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2025
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“Cookie-cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookie-cutter. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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