A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RECON

Fri, 11 Apr '25
Means of intel gathering
Fri, 29 Nov '24
Gather some intel
Sat, 30 Dec '23
Source of intelligence
Sat, 4 Feb '23
Scout's task
Mon, 31 Oct '22
Scout's mission, in brief
Tue, 14 Jun '22
Intel mission
Tue, 3 May '22
Intel-gathering mission
Wed, 21 Apr '21
Fact-finding mission, informally