: 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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Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Phone data, surveillance video, GPS data, app and cloud records and social media accounts also create mountains of information investigators must sort through piece by piece.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Ahmed was released without bond but must give up his passport and also remain monitored at home with GPS tracking.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Starlink is unceremoniously shutting down a GPS-style feature that most of the Internet satellite provider’s customers probably never realized existed.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
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Noun
The money is going to weapons and troops, not the next ARPANET or GPS.
—Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Phone data, surveillance video, GPS data, app and cloud records and social media accounts also create mountains of information investigators must sort through piece by piece.
—Anna Schecter, CBS News, 12 May 2026
Ahmed was released without bond but must give up his passport and also remain monitored at home with GPS tracking.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Starlink is unceremoniously shutting down a GPS-style feature that most of the Internet satellite provider’s customers probably never realized existed.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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