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or cooky
1
as in biscuit
a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
She packed a few cookies in her lunch bag for an afternoon snack.
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2
as in person
a member of the human race
The new CEO is said to be one sharp cookie.
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3
as in goddess
an attractive woman
The old timer would cast a playful wink at any of the female nurses, or cookies as he called them, that caught his eye.
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Recent Examples of cookie
The 87 Concrete is made with creme caramel, Oreo and cookie dough in the company’s frozen custard.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Minnesota has its buckets of Sweet Martha’s cookies, Texas supersizes everything, and Wisconsin is all about the dairy, especially the reigning Original Cream Puff.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Other top finishers at the event included JJ Da Lion, who placed second with 151 Oreos, and Stef2hungry, who finished third after eating 126 cookies.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
That might mean buying cookies for the bake sale instead of baking from scratch, or saying no to the extra volunteer role.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 6 June 2026
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
Minnesota has its buckets of Sweet Martha’s cookies, Texas supersizes everything, and Wisconsin is all about the dairy, especially the reigning Original Cream Puff.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Other top finishers at the event included JJ Da Lion, who placed second with 151 Oreos, and Stef2hungry, who finished third after eating 126 cookies.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
That might mean buying cookies for the bake sale instead of baking from scratch, or saying no to the extra volunteer role.
—Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie
Noun
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There were biscuits hard enough to brain a bear with.—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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These fluffy, petite biscuits make the best accessory to any spread, especially when pimiento cheese or chicken salad is involved.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
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For him and for a lot of artists and writers, seeing people experience your work in person—like being at a gallery opening with your own work on the walls and people spilling wine on it—is a kind of hell on earth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because talks are private.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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However, our sweet goddess planet will very soon venture into the kingdom of Leo from June 13 until July 9.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
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Grassroots associations have made sure the posters of the disappeared are visible even at tourist sites, including outside a 17th century cathedral and on bollards at a central roundabout featuring a Roman goddess statue where Mexican soccer fans often celebrate.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Both former prosecutors, however, questioned why Lineberger would rename the files after dessert recipes.—
Jay Weaver
May 29,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Hating her is my new favorite dessert.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Additionally, this was kept secret from the guys until Corbin made his grand entrance later that night.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
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There are a lot of guys with a lot to prove.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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So do the large pink or queen conch, the fighting conch, the tulip band shell, the helmet shells and the cask shells.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The bedroom alcove can fit a queen, and the kitchen has a surprisingly solid amount of storage space.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
8 June 2026
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Another worker—in her late teens, with pink hair and braces—was renamed Chloe Skittles and posed in a room with jars of candy above the bed.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Funston used candy and toys to lure children playing outside in the Sacramento suburbs into his vehicle in 1995 and 1996, prosecutors said.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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San Antonio's star big man has intentionally tried to get the ball close to the basket rather than drift toward the 3-point line, and he's been rewarded with two baskets at the rim.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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An Orange County man downed 2 quarts of Jack Daniel’s before firing a gun multiple times inside his Laguna Niguel home, forcing terrified relatives to flee.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookie. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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