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also waked
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
Meanwhile, American families are getting squeezed by high gas prices, unaffordable housing, soaring grocery bills and out-of-touch politicians who are more focused on woke ideology than on real solutions.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
That was right in the middle of the full-on woke era where normally these covers were reserved for trans models.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The biggest crowds come to watch the leader, a deportation is remigration, and woke means not to stand up to injustice but to be consumed by leftist ideology.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
That was right in the middle of the full-on woke era where normally these covers were reserved for trans models.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The biggest crowds come to watch the leader, a deportation is remigration, and woke means not to stand up to injustice but to be consumed by leftist ideology.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Each woman enters the fray on her own terms — Deborah cynically, Ava, performatively woke.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
Verb
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Abdul Begawala said his wife awoke early Tuesday morning to the sound of gunshots.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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The 68-year-old suspect awoke and got into an argument with the victim that turned physical.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Seeing her life through Meehan’s eyes awakened something in her.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Just prepare to spot me wearing this on repeat all summer (you’ve been warned).—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
24 May 2026
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For months, doctors warned her to avoid crowds, travel and unnecessary exposure to illness while her immune system slowly rebuilt itself.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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The stadium felt different then, roused by a new connection.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Vadim begins by recounting his youth as the privileged son of a Soviet-era official who was cast aside under the liberalizing Gorbachev regime; the reversal of fortune roused the young Vadim to make the most of his life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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In 2023, cadaver dogs alerted to topsoil near where the patio had been built in the home’s backyard, but as authorities dug deeper, the dog stopped picking up the scent, law enforcement sources said.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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The Louvre alerted French immigration authorities in December 2024 that Chinese tour guides were defrauding ticketing systems for groups of Chinese tourists, reusing the same ticket multiple times.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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