recons

noun

plural of recon
as in scouts
US, informal military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy

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  1. scouts
  2. searches
  3. hunts
  4. quests
Noun
  • Both Fontaines were scouts well ahead of the deep empirical and objective analysis of baseball data — sabermetrics is the catchall term — that some believe has made scouts obsolete.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Built on Scout & Film’s experience managing locations for film and advertising productions, the platform connects location scouts, agencies, production companies and film commissions with locations suited to their production requirements.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of scouts
Noun
  • Airbnb data shows that searches for fall weekend rentals in this town are up by more than 15% year-over-year.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • His lawyers had asked the High Court judge to invalidate the warrants that allowed those searches.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of searches
Noun
  • The massive structure hosted gladiator games and animal hunts—and remains the largest amphitheater in the world.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The black-footed ferret hunts prairie dogs exclusively, which are active during the day.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunts
Noun
  • Dawnwalker is similar in terms of its branching storyline and great side quests, but unique with how vampirism affects gameplay.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The developer said the model effectively created a plan for completing prerequisite quests in sequence.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of quests
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