cookie-cutter

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adjective

cook·​ie-cut·​ter ˈku̇-kē-ˌkə-tər How to pronounce cookie-cutter (audio)
: marked by lack of originality or distinction
cookie-cutter shopping malls

cookie cutter

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noun

: a device used to cut rolled cookie dough into shapes before baking

Examples of cookie-cutter in a Sentence

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Adjective
While real estate companies continue to buy land in Charlotte to construct cookie-cutter apartments, homes and shopping centers, preservationists are concerned about older buildings going away. Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2025 With these insights, AI agents move beyond cookie-cutter output to craft timely, personalized and genuinely helpful outreach. Latane Conant, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
But that doesn’t mean that the decision extends in all settings or that the extension is a simplistic cookie cutter, as the letter seems to suggest. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025 Or check out this set, which also comes with a cookie cutter. Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cookie-cutter

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1922, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cookie-cutter was in 1864

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“Cookie-cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cookie-cutter. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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