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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
The Yankees awakened from their offensive slumber in Thursday afternoon’s 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in the Bronx to snap a season-worst six-game losing streak.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Morning had just dawned on Sunday when an inquisitive Iranian girl awakened to war.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
By that April, doctors began to brace Hurley for the possibility that her daughter might never awaken.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 15 June 2025
In 2020 Hugo Lagercrantz of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden observed that consciousness can only awaken when there are connections between brain areas called the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.
—Christian Wolf, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Morning had just dawned on Sunday when an inquisitive Iranian girl awakened to war.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025
By that April, doctors began to brace Hurley for the possibility that her daughter might never awaken.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 15 June 2025
In 2020 Hugo Lagercrantz of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden observed that consciousness can only awaken when there are connections between brain areas called the thalamus and the cerebral cortex.
—Christian Wolf, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awaken
Verb
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The motor runs at just 43 decibels, so it can be used while the baby is sleeping without waking them.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Fox News and similar corners of the internet were ablaze with myopic insistences that any inclusion of, or even nod to, this rather essential, commonplace, and well-known part of the Superman backstory made the new movie, somehow, another piece of woke Hollywood nonsense.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Gupta awoke the girl to feed her dinner at 9 p.m., and the 4-year-old remained awake until 12:30 a.m., the affidavit says.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
4 July 2025
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As the sun rose beyond the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in central Washington, Mike McLeod awoke and turned his thoughts to the frustrating hunt.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Verb
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An Electrifying Farewell As the final chords rang out and Chaka brought the night full circle with a rousing encore of I’m Every Woman, a tangible electricity surged through the crowd and everybody danced, including the most reserved concert goers.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Edwards was reunited with former Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer in San Diego and got a rousing ovation when the Chargers returned to Arrowhead.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 July 2025
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“Awaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awaken. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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