reconned; reconning; recons
: to conduct a preliminary and especially an exploratory survey of : to do a reconnaissance of (something)
In another village we sent an advance party to recon the place.—
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Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
After an 8 1/2-year stint and honorable discharge as a communications specialist and recon sergeant with the Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 151st Artillery of the Minnesota National Guard and Army Reserve, Marlin found time to embrace his love of cooking.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bashir, Siedi, and the other leaders recon the target — a pair of shipping containers converted into a kitchen — as the Green Berets spread out to watch the action.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
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Noun
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
After an 8 1/2-year stint and honorable discharge as a communications specialist and recon sergeant with the Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 151st Artillery of the Minnesota National Guard and Army Reserve, Marlin found time to embrace his love of cooking.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
However, while rhetoric and pro-US trade policies are encouraging, there are other issues that companies looking to manufacture in the US have to recon with.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bashir, Siedi, and the other leaders recon the target — a pair of shipping containers converted into a kitchen — as the Green Berets spread out to watch the action.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022
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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recon. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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