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
This includes Space Delta 18, which acts as the National Space Intelligence Center; and Space Delta 7, which is the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance division of Space Force.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
At flight level, where the reconnaissance aircraft fly, the sustained winds and gusts are much higher, the reason the hurricane center is so concerned about the potential for higher winds at the higher elevations in Jamaica.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
On beginning the new job, Blazy had spent time in the house archives while doing his own reconnaissance and research.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
These changes do not constitute a total overhaul; Moscow’s main wartime adjustment is adding a two-month supplemental training session to help lieutenants improve their skills in marksmanship and artillery, reconnaissance, topography, navigation, drone use, and tactical medicine.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
At flight level, where the reconnaissance aircraft fly, the sustained winds and gusts are much higher, the reason the hurricane center is so concerned about the potential for higher winds at the higher elevations in Jamaica.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
On beginning the new job, Blazy had spent time in the house archives while doing his own reconnaissance and research.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
These changes do not constitute a total overhaul; Moscow’s main wartime adjustment is adding a two-month supplemental training session to help lieutenants improve their skills in marksmanship and artillery, reconnaissance, topography, navigation, drone use, and tactical medicine.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconnaissance
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Privacy and civil liberties advocates also warn these surveillance tools represent a grave threat and say there is not a sufficient regulatory framework in place or oversight to ensure federal agents are using new technologies in a way that protects privacy and constitutional rights.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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In short, Australia is developing an autonomous underwater surveillance network using local technology and ship platforms to monitor its northern approaches more effectively.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Unlike terrestrial weather, scientists who forecast celestial events like the aurora rely on observations of the 93-million-miles-away sun to make their predictions.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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Not trying to spark controversy but this is an obvious observation.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Reconnaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnaissance. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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