1
as in to inform
to give information to
wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship
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2
as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
she eventually wised up to the fact that he was taking advantage of her
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wise (up)
Verb
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Clancy will be undergoing a forensic psychological evaluation later this week after Reddington informed the court of her intention to plead not guilty by reason of insanity at trial.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026 -
So he was astonished when Megson informed him he was being released.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Everything is homemade Tedla said a lot of people don’t realize that everything is made from scratch in Ethiopian cuisine.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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When that agent is sitting on top of your brokerage account or executing financial API calls, even a single failure can produce immediate, realized loss.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Murray Rothbard, a libertarian economist who advised Buchanan, had articulated a similar imperative.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The city posted a warning on the door advising people not to enter the building due to safety concerns.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Despite being reviewed again in 2008 and 2009, investigators never discovered new leads.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The skeleton was discovered 26 feet below the surface, roughly 656 feet into a cave in Mexico’s cenote system.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Bill Brown, Paragon Star’s chief operating officer, said at the time of the event, his group had been told the project was just a couple of weeks from being finished.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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During the chase, an officer told Toledo to show his hands.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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For me, one of the most memorable moments in Proust is when the narrator first hears his grandmother’s voice on the phone.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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In a twist of coaching genius, May instructed Cadeau to bounce the ball high off the backboard as a way to get it to 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara, who was dealing with Arizona's 7-4 Motiejus Krivas for much of the evening.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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May had instructed Cadeau to use the backboard to pass the ball to Mara, to work around Arizona’s own 7-foot-2 center Motiejus Krivas.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
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Horner also talked about being concerned about losing his job, wanting to see his child and worrying about what was going to happen to him, Espinoza said.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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The people were lodging complaints about the government's intensifying crackdown on the internet that has seen regular shutdowns of cellphone internet connections, blocked popular messaging apps and cut access to thousands of other websites and digital services.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Wise (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wise%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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