recon

as in reconnaissance
US, informal military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy

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Recent Examples of recon Kubrick immerses viewers in trench life and drains scenes of recon missions and battle of any glamor. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024 Why Bathroom Access Is a Public Health Issue Scout the menu and restroom facilities before a date Before heading out on a date, do a little recon on the venue. Claire Sibonney, TIME, 4 June 2024 The recon team find and locate targets, passing the co-ordinates to the Lancet operator, who flies to the spot, confirms the target, and guides the Lancet in for the kill. David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 That meant the recon team had to either manage an escape on their own or face almost certain death. Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for recon 
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Noun
  • In 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft captured photographic evidence of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The first defensive measures to appear in Russian reconnaissance drones were small backward-facing cameras.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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  • As our film contract stipulates, Han and Leo have been put up in the Bowery Hotel during the two-day shoot — two days, at least, when the loft is safe — and the location scout grabs photos of the destruction.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Poets and cub scouts, romantics and scientists, people young and old around the world have looked up and been dazzled by the flecks of light speckled across the night’s inky canvas.
    Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • During the search, officers found a plastic pencil box in the passenger seat containing cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone tablets.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Captain Scott says his office conducted a search for Lashaunda on May 21 that spanned 15-20 miles along the highway near Lashaunda’s home.
    Anna Turning, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The second idea that burned in my heart was to create a national treasure hunt on a scale never seen before.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Not surprisingly given its YA focus, Outer Banks, in which the Pogues hunt for famous treasures, has become hugely popular on social media.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recon. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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