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 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 There’s no rest for the thirsty, however—the waiter returned, and the guests, after some brief recon, ventured into the Explorative section. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recon

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Noun

The researchers pointed to the alliance’s May agreement to develop UUVs for protecting underwater infrastructure while supporting surveillance, reconnaissance, and anti-submarine missions.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
But as disasters become more frequent and more complex, today’s generation of search, rescue, surveillance, and reconnaissance technology may not provide the endurance and technological capabilities required for some emergency-response applications.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

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The divorce came after Forst spent 27 years with the club, beginning as a scout in 2000 before becoming head of baseball operations in 2015 succeeding Billy Beane.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Backups Lan Larison, Jam Miller and Myles Montgomery worked apart from Maye and the top three backs during a walkthrough 11-on-11 period that, in a regular-season setting, usually divides the starters from the scout-teamers.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of scout

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The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.

— Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
While reviewing Clancy’s cellphone records, her defense attorney pointed to multiple internet searches related to caring for and playing with children, including queries about trampolines and kids’ movies.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of search

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Most recently, Forst stayed very quiet at the 2026 MLB trade deadline, only dealing a fringe MLB outfielder, Colby Thomas, despite the A’s having fallen well out of the playoff hunt thanks to a recent skid and poor injury luck.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
At 31, Lozano joins the Galaxy —which no longer has Gabriel Pec — as the team seeks to strengthen its attack to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026