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as in to awake
to cease to be asleep
guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes
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Recent Examples of awaken
In the series premiere of Netflix’s Vladimir, Rachel Weisz awakens from troubled sleep to a cascade of texts, sighs deeply, and addresses the camera with pleading eyes.
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Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
The warm kiss of 30-year mortgage rates below 6% in February appears to have awakened metro Denver’s housing market from its deep slumber.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
As Stravinsky’s puppets awaken to human emotion, the score weaves seamlessly through corresponding tracks from DAMN.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
The session blends gentle Vinyasa flow to awaken and soften the body with grounding meditation to quiet the mind, release tension, and restore balance.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
The warm kiss of 30-year mortgage rates below 6% in February appears to have awakened metro Denver’s housing market from its deep slumber.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
As Stravinsky’s puppets awaken to human emotion, the score weaves seamlessly through corresponding tracks from DAMN.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
The session blends gentle Vinyasa flow to awaken and soften the body with grounding meditation to quiet the mind, release tension, and restore balance.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awaken
Verb
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Kay woke before dawn to the sound of rain rattling the windows.—
Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
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This process rehydrates the corms, waking them up from dormancy and encouraging them to sprout.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
13 Mar. 2026
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But the former giant just waiting to be awoken is Florida.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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The audience isn’t ready to say goodbye to her rabble-rousing activist Perfidia Beverly Hills.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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But as the guard started to wheel him out of the room, the former mogul roused himself for one final pitch.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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