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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 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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Recent Examples of woke
Texas government should focus on results, not woke ideological agendas.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Republicans say 'woke' is to blame.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
What was initially a local concern for Cúcuta—which woke to find its streets and byways lined with refugees—soon became a national, and then regional, crisis.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
That one near the end of the half woke Hall up.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Republicans say 'woke' is to blame.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
What was initially a local concern for Cúcuta—which woke to find its streets and byways lined with refugees—soon became a national, and then regional, crisis.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
That one near the end of the half woke Hall up.
—Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke
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Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Eddie Gossett awoke one morning last summer to what sounded like an airport runway suddenly opening on his rural Mississippi road.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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The warm kiss of 30-year mortgage rates below 6% in February appears to have awakened metro Denver’s housing market from its deep slumber.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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In the heart of Seville, Spain, a favorite European city among T+L readers, a Renaissance palace has awakened in the Casco Antiguo.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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Iranian authorities warned that a retaliatory response would be crushing.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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Late last year, that same board approved a multi-year natural gas supply contract with New Fortress Energy, a company that has warned of bankruptcy, yet received a $4 billion contract from the Puerto Rican government.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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What roused them from complacency to defiance?—
Joshua Hammer,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Feb. 2026
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Within minutes, the federal agents had roused Thi Dua Vang from bed.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Officers alerted law enforcement in the region of the incident and gave a description of the vehicle.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 Mar. 2026
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Trump did not confer with most of our allies, and barely alerted Congress, let alone sought their approval.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Woke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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