: 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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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
This is a possible replacement for GPS, or the Global Positioning System, which recent events have shown is dangerously hackable and jammable.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The European Union is accusing the Russian government of deploying a GPS jammer against a plane carrying one of the international alliance’s highest-ranking officials.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities in Scandinavian and Baltic states have said repeatedly that Russia has been regularly jamming the GPS signal in the region.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many everyday technologies, such as GPS and the internet, trace their origins to military research.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
This is a possible replacement for GPS, or the Global Positioning System, which recent events have shown is dangerously hackable and jammable.
—John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The European Union is accusing the Russian government of deploying a GPS jammer against a plane carrying one of the international alliance’s highest-ranking officials.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
Authorities in Scandinavian and Baltic states have said repeatedly that Russia has been regularly jamming the GPS signal in the region.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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