Thesaurus results for RECON

recon

noun

Definition of 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 Grier received the kind of elite recon that all great heists need. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 Groups, like the Rollin’ Queens of Orlando and a dancing skaters’ group from Daytona Beach, have already stopped in for rolling recon, says Somaru. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 The Empire leader sends out a recon droid, which meets an explosive end when Grogu uses the Force on it. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 In the latest example of that recon technique, Check Point found that hackers had attempted to exploit five distinct vulnerabilities in Hikvision and Dahua security cameras that would have allowed their takeover. — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recon

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Elytra will also have high-resolution telescopes onboard to enable Firefly’s Ocula lunar imaging service that provides advanced lunar surface mapping, mineral detection, and reconnaissance.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Lateral movement can produce indicators such as unusual account access, authentication activity, privilege escalation attempts or network reconnaissance.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

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First, yes, many teams have former players on their coaching staff, which often means taking roles during practices, including on the scout team.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
After adding more than 15 people to the front office, president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said, the Lakers were still focused on adding more scouts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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The search for alternatives comes as the historically negative correlation between equities and bonds has become less dependable amid supply shocks, inflation pressures and bond market volatility.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Agents had taken Daniel into custody at school, and were at the home to conduct a search, according to police records.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

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