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
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
In the wake of Paul and Mortensen's ongoing legal battle, multiple sources also confirmed to PEOPLE in March that production had paused for the fifth season of Mormon Wives after Paul's fellow cast members refused to film with her.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
In three starts this year — all Twins victories — Bradley has allowed two runs while waking four and striking out 22 over 16 2/3 innings.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Now that the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Sunrise Boulevard to Oakland Park Boulevard is a no-wake zone, the narrower waterway from Oakland Park Boulevard to Commercial Boulevard has become the Wild West.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
In the wake of Paul and Mortensen's ongoing legal battle, multiple sources also confirmed to PEOPLE in March that production had paused for the fifth season of Mormon Wives after Paul's fellow cast members refused to film with her.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
Purge woke politics and let NASA do its job.
—FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
In three starts this year — all Twins victories — Bradley has allowed two runs while waking four and striking out 22 over 16 2/3 innings.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake
Noun
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These are not lazy callbacks, but shared touchstones — part of a pop cultural language the film embedded into our collective consciousness, and that the show both celebrates and lovingly skewers.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Sasha, the film’s most prominent character, is essentially a Jamesian central consciousness.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One night, Altman took an Ambien, only to be awakened by his husband, an Australian coder named Oliver Mulherin, who told him that Sutskever was wavering, and that people were telling Altman to speak with the board.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max have settled back into a normal life of D&D, snowball fights, and quiet days, but beneath the ice, something terrifying has awakened.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2026
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Anna awakes in her chic apartment with a to-die-for view, makes a cappuccino, puts on designer duds and takes the upscale dog for a walk.—
Jocelyn Noveck,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Boys give it a test run by killing a new supe named Rockhard, a spoof of Marvel’s The Thing, and wounding Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), whom Homelander awoke from cryostasis.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fundación AguaClara, a Venezuelan environmental nonprofit with more than two decades of work in the country’s southern ecosystems, has warned that opening the sector could trigger a deeper expansion of mining across fragile regions of the Venezuelan Amazon.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The jury found that the formula was defectively designed, that Abbott failed to adequately warn about the dangers and risks of the formula and that Abbott was negligent.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 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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For many women, that gentle nudge toward wakefulness was once easy to sleep through.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Mission Control will rouse the astronauts with a wakeup song, kind of like an alarm.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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That unnerving bawl, which reappears at the rousing finale of the Barcelona concert, reflects the control Ciani has over her instrument, a mastery she’s built over almost 50 years of practice.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Keep your headlights on and activate emergency flashers to alert other drivers of your position.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Edward Smith works at Marsh Harbour Boatyards, a boat storage and repair facility in the tourist destination, and was alerted by another employee that a man had stumbled onto the property talking about a key and a woman.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Wake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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