How to Use reconnaissance in a Sentence

reconnaissance

noun
  • They did a reconnaissance of the enemy's position.
  • There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance.
  • Not all are armed and some are to be used for reconnaissance.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Treat it as reconnaissance rather than drift.
    — Juliette Han, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The twin-engine reconnaissance plane sped on and was soon out of sight.
    — The Washington Post, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The reconnaissance group had to survey the mountain and find a route up it.
    — Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 25 May 2022
  • The city’s reconnaissance had done little but confirm a lot of work was ahead.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • Infantry and reconnaissance groups have since been trying to push south from there.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Muyembe has reconnaissance units on the frontline of the war against new pathogens.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In the Marines, infantry and reconnaissance jobs have been all-male.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Use these events for reconnaissance.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • With fewer such events these days, he is left more reliant on the reconnaissance of others.
    — New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
  • That mission will be the first to conduct detailed reconnaissance of the icy moon.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
  • And clear blue skies mean that soldiers are even more exposed to reconnaissance and attack drones.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • The combat drones are able to strike targets with bombs and missiles and can be used for reconnaissance tasks.
    — Dusan Stojanovic, ajc, 10 Apr. 2022
  • There are blurry reconnaissance photos of the ship, and group portraits of the young sailors on board.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2018
  • In rare moments, somebody from one of these little groups, as if sent on reconnaissance, would draw near to us.
    — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Smith made something of a reconnaissance trip to Adelaide last week, the first stop on their next tour to these parts.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Over the years, the walk has morphed into a reconnaissance mission.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Some drones are designed for reconnaissance.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Manglitz’s whiskey reconnaissance traces back to a childhood in the country.
    — AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • The lunar reconnaissance orbiter flies by at about 31 miles high.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That evening the team crouched round a computer screen in a dorm room to watch the drone footage as the reconnaissance officer briefed them.
    — Carlotta Gall Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The interpreter and the scout reconnaissance leader were fast friends.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • At the beginning of the war, Ukraine used drones mostly for reconnaissance.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, a volunteer is doing some reconnaissance to find the parents of the year-old bird.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Ransomware groups that once relied on patient reconnaissance can now launch high-volume, rapid-fire attacks.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Its off-the-shelf Mavic drones serve as the de facto reconnaissance platform on both sides of the Ukraine war.
    — Time Contributors, Time, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Oh, just launch a reconnaissance probe into space at one percent of light speed to meet the San-Ti fleet halfway.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The first trip is mere reconnaissance; the slow and intimate process of knowing a place requires return visits.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

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