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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
Somewhere along the way, though, the movie shifts from being apolitically involving to dangerously close to woke in a manner far more typical of 2023, when the picture was first shown, than 2025, when it is finally being unleashed on the general public.
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Woke is the opposite of reassuring, but anti-woke isn’t enough to project competence.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Across the country, woke prosecutors implemented no-bail policies or avoided jail time for juveniles, but these approaches have proven ineffective.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
Woke is the opposite of reassuring, but anti-woke isn’t enough to project competence.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Across the country, woke prosecutors implemented no-bail policies or avoided jail time for juveniles, but these approaches have proven ineffective.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
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After traversing nearby neighborhoods with William in their patrol car, officers found the boy's home and awoke his parents to the news.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sure, it has been taxed during this difficult stretch, but 11 other bullpens awoke on Wednesday with more innings pitched than Houston’s since the All-Star break.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Landasoft software alerted police when flagged people did anything labeled suspicious, like going out at night or logging on the internet repeatedly.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Fort Lauderdale alerted residents that the heavy rain in recent days, coupled with king tides, put some major roads in the city underwater this week.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aldana and Morales Rolón were awakened around dawn by agents banging on their door.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gomez's character, who won her Family Wizard competition in the 2012 Wizards of Waverly Place series finale, was asleep on a couch before being awakened, raising a sleep mask off her eyes.—
Dory Jackson,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a note earlier this month, Moody’s warned that credit risk in private credit assets was also growing.—
Jenni Reid,Ganesh Rao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Washington — In a safety alert, Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration again warned airlines of the risk of lithium batteries carried onboard planes by passengers and crew members.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stubborn inflation and the potential for tariffs to drive up prices have aroused significant fears among policymakers and consumers that household budgets and the economy as a whole will be under significant strain for the foreseeable future.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The horrors of Gaza have rightly aroused international outrage.—
Sam Fleischacker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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These setbacks roused long-standing SpaceX critics and attracted new ones, including the Mexican government, which has threatened legal action against the company over reported debris on and around its shores.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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