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1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in warned
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk
a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving
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Recent Examples of woke
So, that December, my parents woke me up in the middle of the night for our last cross-country drive through the underground.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Reilly’s lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, has said that on the night of the shooting, Reilly’s daughter woke him up after the driver rang the doorbell.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
An announcement on board woke Liquori.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Flames and explosions woke residents in Golders Green, home to one of the city’s largest Jewish communities.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Reilly’s lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, has said that on the night of the shooting, Reilly’s daughter woke him up after the driver rang the doorbell.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
An announcement on board woke Liquori.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Flames and explosions woke residents in Golders Green, home to one of the city’s largest Jewish communities.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
Verb
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Yet inwardly, psychologically, something new awoke inside Caldwell.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Exports spiked; Americans awoke to the pleasures of their native whiskey.—
Adam Sachs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days, but beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cynthia Trevino, a resident for 27 years, said she’s been awakened at 3 and 4 in the morning by planes that fail to follow the airport’s voluntary noise abatement program.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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When Karaban ripped the ball out of Wagler’s hands with a little more than four minutes left in the first half and led a fast break that resulted in Mullins’ three-point play, the Huskies were the bullies Wagler had been warned about.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Another surgery swapped out her breast implants to erase her shoulder pain in 2022, Dishell said, but doctors warned her then that her other pain was unlikely to improve.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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There could have been another one on Friday night in Indianapolis against the Pacers before OG Anunoby roused himself in the second half.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Thursday’s moment roused immediate boos from the crowd on Stadium 2.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The murder was discovered after Spicer’s new boyfriend found out about the killing and alerted police.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Officers were alerted to a fight around noon in the area of Wilson and Pennsylvania Avenues involving at least three people, officials said.—
Bryant Reed,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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