How to Use fortune cookie in a Sentence
fortune cookie
noun
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Feng also uses some of the batter to make giant fortune cookies with a machine that Yee left him.
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Hanh Truong,
Sacramento Bee,
2 May 2024
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At the end of the meal, the waitress left a tray on which the bill and a fortune cookie sat.
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Leah Garchik,
San Francisco Chronicle,
10 Jan. 2018
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The last photo in the slide is of a fortune cookie message.
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Rosa Sanchez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
11 May 2022
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Instead of fortune cookies, why not try some of the restaurant’s pumpkin pie ($8.95), not-too-sweet dumplings that are crispy on the outside?
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Christina Tkacik,
baltimoresun.com,
26 Nov. 2019
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It’s there in the pulling of Christmas crackers or the crumbling of a fortune cookie, to reveal the message or joke inside.
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Yotam Ottolenghi,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2022
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Don’t ignore the lucky numbers on the back of your fortune cookie’s paper fortune.
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Joe Mario Pedersen,
orlandosentinel.com,
1 Mar. 2021
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Carefully, Morris said, or the whole thing could fold up like a fortune cookie.
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Anchorage Daily News,
11 Feb. 2018
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Panda Express may owe you more than just a free fortune cookie.
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Bailey Schulz,
USA TODAY,
31 Aug. 2023
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There’s a piece of fortune cookie wisdom passed around the Twitterverse.
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Kyle Whitmire,
al,
12 Aug. 2021
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Should poetry look like the zero-carb fortune cookies of Rupi Kaur?
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Michael Andor Brodeur,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Apr. 2018
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The foreshadowing of Pike's TOS fate through fortune cookie was fun.
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Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
18 Jan. 2019
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For dessert, it’s blood orange sorbet and fortune cookies.
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Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
2 Feb. 2020
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After all, who doesn’t get cheered up just a bit by finding an Easter Egg or reading a fortune cookie?
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John Tuohy,
The Indianapolis Star,
3 June 2022
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There’s the Chiara, a sculptural top-handle shoulder bag that folds inward to create a wristlet evoking the shape of a fortune cookie.
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Halie Lesavage,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Apr. 2023
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After dinner, the sole dessert on the menu is pineapple soft serve with pineapple-bun crumble, garnished with a fortune cookie.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
1 Sep. 2022
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Prompts on the site will have you and/or your kids making fortune cookie messages or producing your own cooking show.
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David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Dec. 2021
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What about red bean buns, almond jelly, mooncake, dan tat or even fortune cookies?
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2023
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Yes, the Herald’s story is about Chinese food, and a white takeout box and a fortune cookie may seem like apt images to represent that.
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Shirley Leung,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Aug. 2019
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Numbers from a fortune cookie his stepdaughter got a couple of years ago at the age of 6, according to The News & Observer.
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Vandana Ravikumar,
USA TODAY,
4 June 2019
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The more mystical residents of Echo Park swear the sign works like a giant rotating fortune cookie or tarot card.
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Los Angeles Times,
15 July 2019
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Tucked into his personal list was an enigmatic item — a quote from a fortune cookie at the Golden Wok in Lincoln in 1999.
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Brian Murphy,
Washington Post,
21 Oct. 2022
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But part of his inspiration came from cracking open a fortune cookie.
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The Economist,
24 Feb. 2018
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Visitors will get a free skewer of the spiced-to-order chicken, a free water or soft drink, a fortune cookie and a chance to pose with a panda cosplayer.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2019
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Sign up for our trending newsletter to get the latest news of the day $4 million richer:A veteran used numbers from a fortune cookie to play the lottery.
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Quinlan Bentley,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2022
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Donya works for a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco.
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Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2023
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Designed to be shaped like a fortune cookie, the structured purses are crafted from smooth Italian Nappa leather and are accented with gold hardware.
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Sophie Dweck,
Town & Country,
24 Apr. 2023
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The goal was to train artificial intelligence to create the sort of generic messages that someone might find in fortune cookies.
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Peter Holley,
The Seattle Times,
16 Oct. 2018
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The apartment is also filled with meaningful tokens, at the suggestion of Yeun, like fortunes from fortune cookies and sayings on tea bags that Danny would take as a sign of some sort.
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Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
18 Apr. 2023
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Wednesday -- Sweet and sour chicken with rice, Chinese mixed vegetables, egg roll, Mandarin oranges, fortune cookie, and milk.
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Pine Bluff Commercial,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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People of all ages have a role: Toddlers carry flags, teens and young adults dance in the lion costumes, and older adults hold banners, play instruments and hand fortune cookies to spectators.
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Marisa Iati,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2024
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