as in consciousness
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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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as in to warn
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 wake
Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Michelle Obama is letting loose in the wake of President Donald Trump's second term.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025
Carmen Bonilla has barely slept for nearly two months, her mind filled with terrifying thoughts about what might be happening to her son, whose dream to go to the United States for a better life has turned into a waking nightmare.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Noun
Demand for travel policies is surging in the wake of economic and political uncertainty.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Michelle Obama is letting loose in the wake of President Donald Trump's second term.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Verb
Rather than stifling free speech, colleges should encourage respectful debate and promote ideological diversity over woke indoctrination.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 8 May 2025
Carmen Bonilla has barely slept for nearly two months, her mind filled with terrifying thoughts about what might be happening to her son, whose dream to go to the United States for a better life has turned into a waking nightmare.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake
Noun
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The image of John Carlos and Tommie Smith on the medal stand at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gloved fists in the air in a Black power salute, has been seared into the historical consciousness.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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Some manifested futures bring suffering and drag people down to their worst while others lift people up to greater consciousness and flourishing.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Verb
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But the American people have been awakened to the poisonous influence the progressive left has and continues to have on American society.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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Beans often have a very tough seed coat that prevents water from entering, and only when this is broken—by something such as wildfire heat, the acid of a bird’s stomach, a scalpel or sandpaper—can water enter and the seed awaken.—
Katarina Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
Verb
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If the quarter-final triumph against Real Madrid had a dreamlike quality, this was a game in which Arsenal awoke to the harsh realities of the sharp end of the Champions League.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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But the man living there read the letter and hurried her to a house where a woman called her Phuong and awoke an elderly man asleep on a couch.—
Jennifer Brookland,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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This was what she was being warned against by the invocation of Anne’s and Nicole’s names.—
Lillian Fishman,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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Be warned: This page contains spoilers for today’s puzzle.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh fiercely lead the charge as March sisters Jo and Amy, but this is a total collaboration, from lush cinematography to a rousing score from Alexandre Desplat.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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Any of the rousing, engaging, and brilliant Idles concert performances on YouTube will explain it.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 May 2025
Verb
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For me, being a man controlled by God, things that are blasphemous always alert me.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
2 May 2025
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Since 2010, the European Union has required warning labels on foods that use certain synthetic dyes, alerting consumers that the dyes may affect children’s neurobehavior.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2025
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“Wake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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