- present participle of awaken.
awakening
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“In my mind, that was the great awakening nationally for private label,” Volpe said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Villarreal: Something that stands out with Agnes is we’re witnessing her awakening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
If the Tisza majority expects Baka to be a tame president, they may get a rude awakening.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ms. Day conveys Gelsomina’s strange existential awakening with a mix of narrative strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She was still thinking about this when she experienced a very rude awakening.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Chronic short sleep, frequent awakenings or big drops in oxygen warrant a visit to the doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Among participants in middle age, more frequent nighttime micro awakenings were associated with a higher genetic risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
A 2014 study that looked at the sleep diaries of 592 adults without sleep disorders found an average of 1.4 awakenings per night.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2025
If there was hope, and belief, that this type of performance was maybe behind them, then this was the rudest of rude awakenings.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
There had been a time when I’d loathed such rude awakenings.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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