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Recent Examples of recon
The girls join three other riders on a recon ride, where Ellie and Dina hang back and chat about the New Year’s Eve dance that night.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 Apr. 2025
Kubrick immerses viewers in trench life and drains scenes of recon missions and battle of any glamor.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
F-16s fly recon missions, pinpoint Russian radars based on their emissions and then land so intelligence analysts can fold the fresh intelligence into strike planning.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The lead Ukrainian operative on the other side, a recon officer, began to approach them, triggering a mine.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 Apr. 2025
Kubrick immerses viewers in trench life and drains scenes of recon missions and battle of any glamor.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
F-16s fly recon missions, pinpoint Russian radars based on their emissions and then land so intelligence analysts can fold the fresh intelligence into strike planning.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The lead Ukrainian operative on the other side, a recon officer, began to approach them, triggering a mine.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recon
Noun
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Many of the vessels were sunk in very deep water, and a reconnaissance mission would require a significant amount of time and funds, by which point the more than 80-year-old wrecks could be little more than rust stains on the seafloor.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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Israel would also halt military and aerial reconnaissance activity over Gaza for 10 hours each day, and up to 12 hours on the days on the days in which hostages and prisoners were exchanged.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Some scouts view him as a lottery-worthy talent, but an inconsistent season in France has put a damper on his draft stock.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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McCracken moved on from Hull to manage Gateshead, Millwall and Aldershot before returning to Newcastle United as scout, often in Ireland.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The search for a permanent replacement is ongoing, and the district aims to pick a candidate later this fall.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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The most recent search at SCSU was not the first in which Smith was a competitor.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Any future decision on a hunt would have to come back before lawmakers.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2025
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The company’s shares have risen more than 7% this week as Meta’s deal to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy has reinforced the view that demand is increasing as the tech sector hunts for electricity for its data centers.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recon. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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