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also waked
1
as in awoke
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in warned
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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or waked
also woke
1
as in awoken
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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2
as in roused
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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3
as in alerted
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 woke
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
In an extra special touch, Muller tells PEOPLE the students woke him up by playing Pomp and Circumstance, a song typically played at graduations.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
In an extra special touch, Muller tells PEOPLE the students woke him up by playing Pomp and Circumstance, a song typically played at graduations.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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Balancing between risque and woke Every brand has had to keep up with the culture.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
In an extra special touch, Muller tells PEOPLE the students woke him up by playing Pomp and Circumstance, a song typically played at graduations.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Verb
Balancing between risque and woke Every brand has had to keep up with the culture.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
In an extra special touch, Muller tells PEOPLE the students woke him up by playing Pomp and Circumstance, a song typically played at graduations.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
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The public finally awoke to GPU‑driven AI when OpenAI released GPT‑3, better known through the ChatGPT interface, in late 2022.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 July 2025
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Before the first practice of preseason camp, some 120 football players awoke at Selleck Hall.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Some were awakened by explosions; others pulled back their curtains in the early hours to see plumes of black smoke rising above the city.—
David Hickey,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Jasper had awakened, and Adele set him down.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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An impressive feat for a team competing in Europe’s elite competition for the first time and about whom early-season prophecies warned that a relatively threadbare squad would struggle without burning out on at least one end.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2025
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Selectivity is critical, Oaktree’s Poli warned.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
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This roused the Court-Philippe-Chatrier crowd, and in the second set Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball to the rafters and asking people in her box to leave.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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According to the report, both animals roused and regained consciousness about 30 minutes after the procedure began.—
Adam Bednar,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Hassan said the company should have acted faster and alerted law enforcement to the content.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Community members alerted the county about the forthcoming facility earlier this year and have protested the plans.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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