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 Work that used to require top-tier nation-state capability is now within reach for moderately capable attackers because AI tools can write malware, scan and prod systems, automate recon and chain exploits at machine speed. — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for recon

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Noun

But co-founder Lynn Lowder, the chief executive officer, spent 16 years in the Marine Corps, starting with force reconnaissance in Vietnam.

— Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
The exercise was designed around the Marine Corps’ hunter-killer team concept, in which reconnaissance assets identify and track targets before passing information to an FPV drone operator for engagement.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

Noun

For a long time, the power of our parent star has driven this journey, fueling robotic scouts across the cosmos.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Kraft is joined by Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl, late Bears owner Virginia McCaskey, longtime NFL player, scout and personnel executive John Wooten and former Canton Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of scout

Noun

Workers combine smaller packfiles into larger groups, reducing download overhead and speeding up repository history searches.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Between all the father-son dynamics dancing around the eight scheduled episodes, being hunted down by mercs, and his transcendent search for meaning, Vision and his saga are hopefully headed to a peaceful end.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026