as in surveillance
military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy
There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance. reconnaissance missions
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Recent Examples of reconnaissance
Many of those drones are doing reconnaissance work or carrying out attacks along the frontline inside Ukraine.
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Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, a volunteer is doing some reconnaissance to find the parents of the year-old bird.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
Satellite imagery, drone reconnaissance, and signals intelligence can pinpoint vulnerabilities, enabling impactful, low-risk strikes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
We had been directed by the Lebanese army—which maintains a reconnaissance and policing role in the south—to go to the Rest House, a gated resort.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, a volunteer is doing some reconnaissance to find the parents of the year-old bird.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
Satellite imagery, drone reconnaissance, and signals intelligence can pinpoint vulnerabilities, enabling impactful, low-risk strikes.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
We had been directed by the Lebanese army—which maintains a reconnaissance and policing role in the south—to go to the Rest House, a gated resort.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Reconnaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnaissance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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