as in awakening
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as in awaking
to cause to stop sleeping
my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife
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as in wakening
to cease to be asleep
I woke with a start when the door slammed
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as in alerting
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 waking
Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
Ronan Lynch has the power to bring objects from dreams into the waking world.
—Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
Noe-Idlebird's mother flew from Monterey, Calif., and has spent every waking moment with their daughter since the accident, providing status updates and pictures every day.
—Perry Vandell, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
This could be a week when achieving your joint ambitions dominates every waking moment.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2019
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Adjective
Since becoming director of Dallas Animal Services in October 2017, Ed Jamison has spent every waking moment trying to get potential adopters and fosters into the shelter.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
Ronan Lynch has the power to bring objects from dreams into the waking world.
—Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
Noe-Idlebird's mother flew from Monterey, Calif., and has spent every waking moment with their daughter since the accident, providing status updates and pictures every day.
—Perry Vandell, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
This could be a week when achieving your joint ambitions dominates every waking moment.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waking
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Regional experts, including some Israelis, are warning that a new archaeology bill approved by the Israeli government to expand the country’s Antiquities Authority’s jurisdiction to sites in the West Bank violates international law, and could bring sanctions, reports The Art Newspaper.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Indianapolis Star Apple cider has become synonymous with the start of fall, but health officials are warning consumers that drinking the cozy beverage is not without risk.Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
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Squeezing lube out of a bottle until the cold goop squirts out isn't the most arousing act.Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2023
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Some research suggests that men around the world find a specific waist-to-hip ratio (0.7) to be most arousing.Ogi Ogas, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
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Kerry Washington as an army captain delivers a rousing speech to the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to battle overseas during the Second World War in the teaser trailer (below) for Netflix’s The Six Triple Eight from writer, director and producer Tyler Perry.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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But the rousing big-budget action movie about the impact of the London bombings on a separated mother (Saoirse Ronan) and son (Elliott Heffernan) played to raves on its home turf, and drew a more nuanced critical response from American critics.Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
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However, The Night of the Hunter is compelling, visually stimulating, and downright thrilling.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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The surface array the company built also has 12 stimulating electrodes composed of 8,400 graphene micro-islands that can deliver focused stimulation, but in this initial human study, the stimulation won’t be turned on.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Waking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waking. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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