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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 awakened
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 woken
Where will all these sciolistic refugees from woke America go if that largesse dries up?
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Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Purge woke politics and let NASA do its job.
—FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Firefighters say working smoke alarms woke a family as a fire tore through their home's garage Friday morning.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, that tactic is under attack, and not just from Democrats but from anti-Trump Republicans in thrall to woke corporations.
—George Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Moderate shaking woke residents near the epicenter and was strong enough to break dishes, while light tremors rippled across the broader Bay Area.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Thousands of Oracle workers woke Tuesday to an email from their employer informing them that their jobs had been cut with immediate effect, in what appears to one of the largest mass layoffs in the tech giant’s history.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The attitude of their teachers in Chicago was damagingly woke.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Reilly’s lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, has said that on the night of the shooting, Reilly’s daughter woke him up after the driver rang the doorbell.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Purge woke politics and let NASA do its job.
—FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Firefighters say working smoke alarms woke a family as a fire tore through their home's garage Friday morning.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, that tactic is under attack, and not just from Democrats but from anti-Trump Republicans in thrall to woke corporations.
—George Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Moderate shaking woke residents near the epicenter and was strong enough to break dishes, while light tremors rippled across the broader Bay Area.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Thousands of Oracle workers woke Tuesday to an email from their employer informing them that their jobs had been cut with immediate effect, in what appears to one of the largest mass layoffs in the tech giant’s history.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The attitude of their teachers in Chicago was damagingly woke.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Reilly’s lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, has said that on the night of the shooting, Reilly’s daughter woke him up after the driver rang the doorbell.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
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One morning in 2024, the man had awoken with searing knee pain that turned out to be a meniscus tear.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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As the first bits of morning light awoke the day, early risers celebrated with Easter Sunday service on a hilltop in Anaheim Hills.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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One night, Altman took an Ambien, only to be awakened by his husband, an Australian coder named Oliver Mulherin, who told him that Sutskever was wavering, and that people were telling Altman to speak with the board.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The four astronauts will be awakened after about four hours to perform an additional engine firing that will put Orion into the correct orbital geometry for its translunar injection (TLI) burn on flight day 2.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Authorities said Brian Hooker then paddled to shore and alerted someone about her disappearance early Sunday.—
R.j. Rico,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Back also expressed enthusiasm for Japan around that same time after a Japanese Cypherpunk alerted him about the country’s first remailer, a service for anonymizing online messages and email exchanges.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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There could have been another one on Friday night in Indianapolis against the Pacers before OG Anunoby roused himself in the second half.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Thursday’s moment roused immediate boos from the crowd on Stadium 2.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to abide by the ceasefire, but warned there would be a swift military response to any violations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Another surgery swapped out her breast implants to erase her shoulder pain in 2022, Dishell said, but doctors warned her then that her other pain was unlikely to improve.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There, the tortoise became visibly aroused seeing another tortoise.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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When a roadster with a rumble seat came out of the fire road and turned west toward Clam Lake, the wardens’ suspicions were aroused.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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