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
There is no cookie-cutter technique, so doing this consistently requires lots of trial and error, tinkering, determining what works best.
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
This in turn begs the question: In a cookie-cutter music world where longevity has long been the exception not the rule, when is that retirement age?
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s no cookie-cutter approach to coverage of the various topics.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Researchers noted cookie-cutter shark marks on the whale's body, typical of deep-sea species and unrelated to its cause of death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
This in turn begs the question: In a cookie-cutter music world where longevity has long been the exception not the rule, when is that retirement age?
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s no cookie-cutter approach to coverage of the various topics.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Researchers noted cookie-cutter shark marks on the whale's body, typical of deep-sea species and unrelated to its cause of death.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cookie-cutter
Adjective
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These people are always looking for new and more efficient ways to do things, so may be seen as troublemakers in conventional organizations.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Those guidelines include providing alt text on images so that people with visual impairments who use automatic readers can understand images, offering audio descriptions for people with hearing disabilities, and making all websites operable by keyboard for users who can’t use a conventional mouse.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Founded by artists who grew up in Maryvale, Salcido said the purpose of Labor is to be the bridge that shows the artistic capacity and potential of Maryvale because the neighborhood is too often stereotyped, underrepresented and ignored.—
David Ulloa Jr,
The Arizona Republic,
6 Dec. 2024
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Chicano artists also critically reexamined stereotyped figures, such as the pachuco and pachuca, and retold current and historic events through artworks that questioned hegemonic narratives.—
Mary Thomas,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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Allegations that the board failed to satisfy this obligation are not infrequently the subject of shareholder derivative litigation.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Retinol is a vitamin A derivative and only one of several types of retinoids.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Cookie-cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookie-cutter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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