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awake

adjective as in conscious; alert

verb as in become alert or cause to rise from sleep

verb as in become or make aware

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AFP journalists in Kyiv reported a night of intense explosions that kept many in the capital awake.

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“Melatonin is what makes you sleepy. The effect of the blue light is that it makes you more awake and alert.”

For months, Jessica Newman has jolted awake gasping in the darkness at 5 a.m., just as she did on Jan. 8.

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"I'm awake, but I'm not jittery," she says of the drink.

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The five tenants also had to put up with a faulty ventilation system that was so noisy it kept them awake at night and caused mould.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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