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
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
Momentum for unionization at art museums, cultural institutions, and art schools has only grown in the wake of the pandemic, which caused numerous layoffs.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
Charles Trepany, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Patel has been accused of excessive drinking that has interfered with his job performance, including several incidents when his security detail has struggled to wake him after a night of drinking, The Atlantic reported recently.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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Noun
The pain for the wine business has been felt most in the lower end of the market, and signs have kept popping up in the wake of the pandemic.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
Momentum for unionization at art museums, cultural institutions, and art schools has only grown in the wake of the pandemic, which caused numerous layoffs.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
Keep your sleep and wake times consistent.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Patel has been accused of excessive drinking that has interfered with his job performance, including several incidents when his security detail has struggled to wake him after a night of drinking, The Atlantic reported recently.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake
Noun
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In September 2026, the consciousness conference was already booked at the Vatican’s address before the encyclical was announced.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Those split levels of child and adult consciousness give the film a certain piquancy, a little gap where drama can spark in a story where almost nothing really happens except a kid takes a plane ride, or several plane rides, with his mom.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Each step further awakens the cacao into a fuller, more intoxicating version of itself.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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As the Western New York metropolis awakens again, people have come to realize that all that downtime helped preserve the city’s classic architecture.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 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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Many refugees came to her complaining of the headaches and sores and bodily pains that come from extreme stress and extreme boredom, of bedding on cold floors and being awoken through the night by explosions.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Legislation in Washington proposes offsetting any lost Highway Trust Fund revenue with general funds, but critics warn that could raise the federal deficit — and potentially jeopardize the long-term sustainability of infrastructure projects.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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But legislative budget experts warned last year of a potential AI bubble that could worsen the state's finances.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Everybody wants to sound like her, but no one else can quite replicate the particular sonic grammar of her writing, which unfurls like an intimate dispatch from the blurry edge of sleep and wakefulness.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The company’s key asset is cleminorexton (formerly known as ORX750), which seeks to mimic a molecule in the brain, known as orexin, that helps regulate wakefulness.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Despite the crowds, the rousing music, and the excitement, Washington’s departure was a solemn affair, freighted by the stunning fact that the American colonies were now truly at war with the British Empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 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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Turn on multi-factor authentication, enable every account alert your plan offers and ask your employer or plan administrator what happens after an address, phone number or bank account change.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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By the time health authorities were first alerted to the outbreak via social media on May 5, 50 deaths had already been recorded, the Africa CDC said.—
Chinedu Asadu,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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“Wake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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