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or reconnoitred
as in explored
to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)
An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces.
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Their rise has caught the attention of big banks and the largest payments networks—so much so that Mastercard has explored stablecoin acquisitions of its own.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025 -
There are new pairings to be explored!—
Michael Seater,
Them.,
11 Nov. 2025
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From building Victor’s lab to the film’s ship, Deverell scouted across Scotland and Toronto.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sanders scouted a game last January between Fullerton and MiraCosta, with the intent of recruiting a center at Fullerton.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
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Officers searched the home, but Melodee was nowhere to be found.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Detective Jeremiah Hanson reached out to the Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, a group of nine states that shared law-enforcement data, and asked for a historical record of every time someone had searched Ryan’s name—during a traffic stop, for example.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Reconnoitered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnoitered. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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