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
Smoke reports continue to come in from fire lookouts and aircraft are conducting reconnaissance flights to detect any new fires.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Sheehan, chief of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's environmental coordination division, asked the Corps to initiate a watershed reconnaissance study of the Ouachita River Basin.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
SpaceX has already launched nearly 200 of its own Starshield satellites for the NRO to use for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Such a presence would provide surveillance and reconnaissance but would struggle to maintain air superiority if challenged by the Russians.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Sheehan, chief of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's environmental coordination division, asked the Corps to initiate a watershed reconnaissance study of the Ouachita River Basin.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
SpaceX has already launched nearly 200 of its own Starshield satellites for the NRO to use for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
Such a presence would provide surveillance and reconnaissance but would struggle to maintain air superiority if challenged by the Russians.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for reconnaissance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconnaissance
Noun
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Police also allegedly found a stun gun, a replica pistol, a surveillance camera, drugs and drug paraphernalia at the home.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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While Tranter tinkers and Zuzana monitors the wall of local surveillance footage, Karalis and his team get to work drilling through the wall of the vault.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Previous modeling systems captured fire and smoke behavior, but gaps remained in data accuracy and field observations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Colin Frank Wilson, Project Scientist for ESA's Mars orbiters, confirmed that the agency is preparing to attempt observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the solar system.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Reconnaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnaissance. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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