How to Use cookie-cutter in a Sentence

cookie-cutter

1 of 2 adjective
  • Place a wick in the center of each cookie-cutter.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Think cookie-cutter homes, perhaps with a dog park or pool.
    — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And in a world of cookie-cutter brands, that's something worth keeping an eye on.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • There’s nothing cookie-cutter about them.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The sequel did away with this cookie-cutter idea of taste and embraced the whimsy.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
  • 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
  • In short, a chief of staff is anything but a cookie-cutter position.
    — Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • But city living is not all tall towers and cookie-cutter apartments.
    — Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Forget cookie-cutter trends—your home should be a reflection of you.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Yes, there are standards, but there is no perfect playbook or cookie-cutter recipe.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Overall, cookie-cutter kitchens will slowly fade out.
    — Madeline Bilis, The Spruce, 30 May 2026
  • This isn’t a state of cookie-cutter dispensaries and generic brands.
    — Peter Su, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
  • It was erected in an era when many other cities had built round, cookie-cutter stadiums.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Gone are the days of cookie-cutter gowns with predictable lace trim and mermaid silhouettes.
    — Kedean Smith, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024
  • That's why cookie-cutter approaches don't work.
    — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Vintage Prep Classic prep is back, but not in the stiff, cookie-cutter way.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Combat a cookie-cutter home with signs of life, from a cat tree to children's art, to make the space feel dynamic.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And sync is neither a cookie-cutter business nor one easily learned.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This type of consultant doesn’t pitch cookie-cutter frameworks.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The home is encircled by a white picket fence, but this residence is far from cookie-cutter.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But don’t start snoozing yet—this is no cookie-cutter procedural.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2025
  • You were never meant to have a cookie-cutter life path, so get experimental.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The old playbook of one-off, cookie-cutter posts is becoming less effective.
    — Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • No cookie-cutter modern stadium would do.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Wanting your home to feel more custom and less cookie-cutter isn't a new or groundbreaking ambition.
    — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • There’s hardly a cookie-cutter hotel to be found in Washington.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • That’s what dilutes the art and creates cookie-cutter songs where everyone starts sounding like each other.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • This hack is also a great way to reuse leftover candle wax, since each cookie-cutter candle only requires a small amount of wax.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025

cookie cutter

2 of 2 noun
  • Use 4-inch round cookie cutters to cut out, rerolling scraps as needed.
    — Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Older kids can help cut fruit into shapes with cookie cutters.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Use floured 2 1/2-inch cookie cutters to cut out shapes, rerolling scraps as needed.
    — Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Take a round cookie cutter or apple corer and cut out circles in a fun pattern of your choice.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • No rolling pin, cookie cutter, chilling the dough, or icing required!
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The metal cookie cutters of decades prior are strong and sturdy and can truly stand the test of time.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 14 June 2026
  • Allow your candles to dry until fully hardened; then, gently pull the cookie cutter away from the candle.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Turn your cookie cutters into holiday candle molds.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • In the bakery production room, women used rolling pins and cookie cutters to ready cookies for the double convection oven.
    — Charlotte Observer, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Your favorite holiday cookie cutters only come out of your kitchen drawer once a year—so why not make the most of them by using them to make adorable wax candles?
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Those gathered brought different objects, like cookie cutters, buttons, zippers, ties, and more, to sew onto the mats.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That shaped waffle maker, holiday cookie cutters, themed Bundt pan, and patterned rolling pin all deserve their chance to shine.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Using a 3-inch circular cookie cutter, cut out 24 tortilla rounds.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Use 2- to 2 1/2-inch star cookie cutters to cut out shapes, rerolling scraps as needed (if necessary, chill scraps before rerolling).
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Georgians also searched for star cookie cutter shapes more often than other parts of the southeast that searched for ornament shapes or Christmas tree cut-outs.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Items of particular interest for Emily are skillets, cookie cutters, and molds.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Use mini cookie cutters to make holiday shapes, swirl in colorful frosting, or sprinkle with festive toppings for a seasonal twist.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The goal is not to create identical faces through a cookie cutter approach, but to bring each patient’s features into better balance with their own bone structure and expression.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • If parents want to do something special, Russell recommends quickly using a cookie cutter on a sandwich or adding a sticker alongside the snacks.
    — Kate Sequeira, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Animals and vintage Christmas cookie cutters are typically the most valuable.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Creating Your Cookie-Cutter Candles First, place your cookie cutters on a tray covered with wax paper.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Another idea is to incorporate an antique sideboard or china cabinet with a vintage table and mismatched chairs rather than resigning yourself to cookie cutter dining set.
    — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025
  • In a society full of cookie cutter McMansions, scrolling through customizable tiny houses on Amazon is one of my favorite forms of escapism.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In a society full of cookie cutter McMansions, scrolling through customizable tiny houses on Amazon is one of my favorite forms of escapism.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Nelson uses hers for cookie cutter collections, sprinkles, spices, and other necessary baking ingredients.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The ornate Cathedral on North Bayside Drive just north of the Venetian Causeway, stands out in a sea of cookie cutter hotels and condo buildings.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025

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