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 an Internet 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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Popular foods for baking include cookies, cakes, bread and casseroles.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Plaza Midwood’s newest bakery – with cookies endorsed by Oprah — is officially in business.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
Together, the couple makes gluten free sourdough loaves, baguettes and banana bread along with other pastries like cookies and donuts.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
On the plane, a flight attendant gave her cookies and a toy.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Plaza Midwood’s newest bakery – with cookies endorsed by Oprah — is officially in business.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
Together, the couple makes gluten free sourdough loaves, baguettes and banana bread along with other pastries like cookies and donuts.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
On the plane, a flight attendant gave her cookies and a toy.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
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“Cookie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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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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