: a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a radio receiver on or above the earth's surface
also
: the radio receiver so used
gallons per second
Examples of GPS in a Sentence
Noun
The car comes with GPS.
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Alie Skowronski,
Miami Herald,
5 July 2026
For navigation underwater, where GPS doesn't work, the AUV uses several tools.
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New Atlas,
5 July 2026
England is using STATSports technology to provide live in-game GPS performance data at a World Cup for the first time.
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Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Whether that’s just piggybacking on the R&D funding that created the internet in the first place, or the GPS constellations that were required for Zip2, his first city directory.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
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Noun
Welty was following a GPS tracker that researchers had imbedded into the female python.
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Alie Skowronski,
Miami Herald,
5 July 2026
For navigation underwater, where GPS doesn't work, the AUV uses several tools.
—
New Atlas,
5 July 2026
England is using STATSports technology to provide live in-game GPS performance data at a World Cup for the first time.
—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Whether that’s just piggybacking on the R&D funding that created the internet in the first place, or the GPS constellations that were required for Zip2, his first city directory.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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