How to Use cookie-cutter in a Sentence

cookie-cutter

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• And in a world of cookie-cutter brands, that's something worth keeping an eye on.
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• In a world of cookie-cutter pop-music stars and automatons, Sinéad O’Connor was a one-off.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Down a steep bank lay a row of cookie-cutter houses, now up to their eaves in muddy water.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024
• Respect Your Roots The hottest hotels are a far cry from cookie-cutter, so shouldn’t your bedroom have a one-of-a-kind look, too?
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• Gone are the days of cookie-cutter gowns with predictable lace trim and mermaid silhouettes.
  — Kedean Smith, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024
• Enter Valentine’s Day, a generic, cookie-cutter rip-off filled to the brim with A-list stars and Oscar winners.
  — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
• As one of the easiest shapes to cut, hearts deserve a place in your cookie-cutter (or cake-pan) catalog all year long—not just on Valentine's Day.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2024
• It was erected in an era when many other cities had built round, cookie-cutter stadiums.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Ditch the cookie-cutter, Instagrammable restaurants of Dallas and step back in time at this classic piano bar.
  — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
• The death of the cookie-cutter office space has also led companies to bring employees into the design process.
  — Anna Kramer, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
• Together, the ample snow and glades make for an experience that feels more like a day spent off-piste than one spent at a cookie-cutter resort.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
• There’s so many different Mormons, and not every Mormon is the cookie-cutter.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
• The Guides The guides that Adams & Butler relies on to lead clients on its excursions aren’t just your cookie-cutter tour guides who give you a standard experience.
  — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• You were never meant to have a cookie-cutter life path, so get experimental.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
• Black women face unique financial challenges — from the pay gap to student loan debt — and cookie-cutter solutions just won’t cut it.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 6 Sep. 2024
• Instead of cookie-cutter homes, Blanchard said 60% of people now look to have their homes customized by a designer, such as those at Clear Fortress.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2024
• The flex plan, Dewberry acknowledged, can never be quite as easy or straightforward as the old, cookie-cutter 12-hour shifts.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
• Despite the scale, there’s an amazing lack of cookie-cutter repetition or of areas that feel generic or padded out.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2023
• The seal, a female, was dehydrated and suffering from more than 10 cookie-cutter shark bites.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• True crime is a crowded genre with so many cookie-cutter stories exploiting tragedies for voyeuristic films and series.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
• Situated on one of the most idyllic and picturesque coves, the low-slung resort is a super luxe antidote to cookie-cutter sprawl.
  — Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
• For Floridians like me—those of us who grew up in slightly soulless, cookie-cutter complexes—Palm Beach has always felt like a bit of a paradox.
  — Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
• Removable wallpaper To make a dorm room look less cookie-cutter, try peel-and-stick wallpaper.
  — Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• Dark Chocolate Cookies & Cream: There’s nothing cookie-cutter about this new dark chocolate ice cream made with dark chocolate cookie pieces and flecks of cream filling.
  — Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
• Organizations are made up of people, after all, and people need more than a cookie-cutter course once a year to make real and lasting change.
  — Susan Callender, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Most properties in that area offered standardized event packages, which the couple felt were too cookie-cutter.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
• Against all odds, that gimmick works, distinguishing the project from so many other cookie-cutter pop-star hagiographies.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
• Today, the neighborhood is mostly a mix of office towers that jut up from a sea of cookie-cutter, low-slung office buildings served by acres of surface parking lots.
  — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• However, don’t expect a cookie-cutter design across Chase’s network of lounges.
  — Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023
• And though that probably means that people won’t be able to buy perfect cookie-cutter Christmas trees for at least another decade, there’s still something to be said about the hunt that exists today.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023

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cookie cutter

2 of 2 noun

• Cut out shapes with cookie cutters and poke a hole in the top with a straw.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
• Use a cookie cutter or a sharp knife to cut shapes out of the dough sheet.
  — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
• Stamped means the knife blades were punched cookie cutter-like out of a sheet of steel.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• Use a 6-inch round cookie cutter to cut out eight rounds.
  — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 4 July 2023
• The yield will vary depending on the size and shape of your cookie cutter.
  — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
• What better way to learn about the world than through its cookie cutters?
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Form the holes with a small cookie cutter or piping tip.
  — Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
• Step 2 Use small round cookie cutter to cut out petals.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 19 Feb. 2020
• Lightly toast the bread slices then, using a cookie cutter or the top of a jar, stamp out 1½-inch bread rounds.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2020
• Cut eight circles from the slices using a 3-inch round cookie cutter (or the rim of a glass or food can).
  — Kirsten Dixon, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2011
• Using a 1-inch round cookie cutter, cut a hole in the center of half the cookies.
  — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• Lightly toast the bread slices then, using a cookie cutter or the top of a jar, stamp out 1-and-1/2-inch bread rounds.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2022
• Cut the dough into squares with a knife or use a festive cookie cutter to make shapes.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Using a cookie cutter or the tip of a sharp knife, cut out 6 (5-inch) hearts, and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
  — Jessica Fecteau, PEOPLE.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• These are no cookie cutter copies of ISS, or even of each other.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2019
• Use a 3-inch cookie cutter or small glass to cut a hole in the center of each slice of bread; reserve the cutouts, if desired.
  — Ellie Krieger, charlotteobserver, 12 June 2018
• Using a 3-inch cookie cutter press out circles in the dough.
  — Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2020
• Using a round cookie cutter or drinking glass, cut a 2 1/2- to 3-in.
  — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 5 Mar. 2018
• Using a small star cookie cutter, cut stars from the top of the slab pie to create a festive design, and place the cutout stars on top of the pie.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2020
• Cut dough either with a knife or break out fun cookie cutters.
  — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 17 Oct. 2017
• This set of five cookie cutters for just $7 includes a cat, witch hat, bat, pumpkin, and ghost.
  — Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2024
• Use a pineapple cookie cutter and some polymer clay to shape this adorable ring dish.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022
• My sisters haul baking sheets, bags of flour, cookie cutters and tins from their house to mine.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• On a night of knocking on at least a dozen doors, the faces behind them were anything but cookie cutter.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 18 July 2019
• Press the mixture into ring molds or large cookie cutters to form the patties.
  — Noelle Carter, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• With cookie cutter, cut 5 or 6 stars from rest of pastry.
  — Woman's Day, 2 Jan. 2012
• The ears of a bunny cookie cutter can become petals for a flower.
  — Alana Allred, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Use a 4-inch biscuit or cookie cutter to cut out four circles from the sheet of puff pastry.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2016
• Using a 2-inch round cookie cutter dipped in flour, cut out cookies; place on baking sheets at least ½-inch apart.
  — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• To craft treats as large as your head, bakers use oversized buckets as cookie cutters for the raw dough, Deanne explained in the Yelp article.
  — Isabela Ocampo Restrepo, Austin American-Statesman, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025