: 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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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 May 2026
There will be strict accountability standards for city employees and leadership, including mandatory performance indicators tied to evaluations, GPS and field monitoring for city crews and consequences for underperformance.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Tens of thousands of offenders are released each year while their cases proceed in the court system, and hundreds are placed in the court’s GPS program (the sheriff’s electronic monitoring program is not accepting new participants).
—Silvana Tabares, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
The researchers analyzed schools’ test data, attendance reports, discipline records, GPS data, and student and teacher surveys.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
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The scientists hope to engage people on vessels at sea to begin reporting velella sightings and taking photos with GPS activated so scientists could track exactly where the photos were taken.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 May 2026
There will be strict accountability standards for city employees and leadership, including mandatory performance indicators tied to evaluations, GPS and field monitoring for city crews and consequences for underperformance.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Tens of thousands of offenders are released each year while their cases proceed in the court system, and hundreds are placed in the court’s GPS program (the sheriff’s electronic monitoring program is not accepting new participants).
—Silvana Tabares, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
The researchers analyzed schools’ test data, attendance reports, discipline records, GPS data, and student and teacher surveys.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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