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
Kara Fox, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The men told first responders their boat had capsized about four hours earlier by the wake of another passing boat, Allard said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2026
Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
In animals, research shows that light pollution disrupts a wide range of behaviors, including migration patterns, sleep–wake cycles and habitat development.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Noun
The website has been hosted on Dutch servers since at least 2024, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS, whose reporting on the Netherlands’ connection to the platform in the wake of CNN’s investigation amplified calls for Dutch authorities to act.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The men told first responders their boat had capsized about four hours earlier by the wake of another passing boat, Allard said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2026
Verb
Use for 20 to 30 minutes within the first hour of waking.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
In animals, research shows that light pollution disrupts a wide range of behaviors, including migration patterns, sleep–wake cycles and habitat development.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake
Noun
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The most concerning scenario is a slow-moving catastrophe that never fully enters public consciousness due to largely absent data.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The inability to provide adequate oxygen and remove CO₂ from the air would lead first to confusion, panic and eventually the loss of consciousness.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Likewise the Wild awoke in Game 3 against the Avs.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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Alaska Time would have awoken them as the north fjord wall crumbled just in front of the retreating tongue of the South Sawyer Glacier.—
Megan I. Gannon,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Environmental advocates and researchers have warned about the strains data centers place on water, electricity and air quality, though data can be hard to come by.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Federal regulators warned that, in some situations, the sediment could interfere with brake performance.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
7 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
Verb
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Sometimes, the crowd at a nearby ballpark will issue a rousing cheer – as if congratulating you on a hike well done.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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The 2026 club just might be the team that rouses them.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Davis, the observer, said that unlike the earlier trackers, the Migra Map doesn’t attempt to alert people to events occurring in real time, but reports enforcement actions after the fact.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Look for a service that monitors all three major credit bureaus, scans the dark web and alerts you to suspicious changes tied to your identity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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“Wake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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