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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 awaked
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
So woke and political correctness are basically the same thing.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
This includes some restrictions on shipping technology to adversarial countries and avoidance of anything deemed woke by the current administration.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
At a time when contentious words dominate our conversations—think insurrection and fascism and fake news and woke—the need for dictionaries to chronicle and explain language, and serve as its watchdog, has never been greater.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
The Walton-Penner ownership group woke everybody up.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
This includes some restrictions on shipping technology to adversarial countries and avoidance of anything deemed woke by the current administration.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
Verb
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Kyiv awoke to loud explosions, drones flying overhead and air defenses booming.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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After a lifeless Eagles offense awoke with a third-quarter touchdown to pull within 26-14, Davis forced Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford out of bounds on a punt-forcing sack by chasing him halfway across the field.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Authorities were alerted after a shop owner in West Bridgewater bought a few artifacts from Burchell and suspected that they were stolen.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The probable cause statement reveals that at one point, the victim contacted someone who lived in the residence with Marsh and alerted them to Marsh’s actions.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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The anime film follows an amateur sleuth with a penchant for the paranormal, who travels to the deep south to solve a string of murders that have awakened a vengeful Boo Hag spirit seeking justice.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, the founders discover true liberty cannot only be written into law – it must be awakened in the hearts of the people.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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In October, McMichael got a letter from the plan that warned of monthly premiums jumps next year.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Oct. 2025
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And although Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned that more project cancellations are forthcoming, for now some of the carbon removal projects most closely linked to Big Oil, including projects being run by Chevron and Occidental Petroleum, haven’t faced the ax.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The scans aroused suspicions, and the decision was made to admit Jim through the emergency room.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Court records also cite graphic messages in which Zinn admitted to being aroused by the material.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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