COOKIE-CUTTER Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

cookie-cutter

adjective

Definition of cookie-cutter

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 Shaggy never fit the cookie-cutter template of a reggae and dancehall star. — Rob Kenner, VIBE.com, 11 July 2026 Franklyn-Miller is certainly pretty, serving as a fine face for this story, but the screenplay (by Erwin, Diederik Hoogstraten and Tom Provost) flattens his character into a basic cookie-cutter hero. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 No one expects Leica to deliver a cookie-cutter camera that looks like every other camera on the market. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026 Nowadays, the land surrounding the 67-year-old fruit stand is paved over as cookie-cutter townhomes swallow the area. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cookie-cutter

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The platform links brand clients with filmmakers around the world to turn advertising messages into standalone films with real narrative ambition, rather than conventional commercials.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The technology can support both conventional and remote sites, like areas where traditional energy infrastructure may be difficult or expensive to build.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of conventional

Adjective

Despite their outer appearances and oftentimes stereotyped personalities, the ladies embrace each other’s depths and contradictions.

— Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026
This is a directed, stereotyped behavior in which the highest-resolution region of the somatosensory surface is brought to bear on the object requiring the most detailed analysis.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of stereotyped

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The best solution, their letter said, would be to avoid imposing tariffs on semiconductors and derivative products entirely.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
OpenAI stopped all training and inference related to that model, as well as its derivative models, on July 25.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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