: 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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Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The challenge grows in degraded or denied GPS environments, where many existing bombs lose precision.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Many everyday technologies, such as GPS and the internet, trace their origins to military research.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The request comes days after federal Judge James Boasberg ordered Jones to meet with her psychiatrist in New York City and approved home detention with a GPS monitor, overruling a magistrate judge.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Chinese leader promised to open the Chinese BeiDou global navigation system to SCO members to compete with GPS.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The challenge grows in degraded or denied GPS environments, where many existing bombs lose precision.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Many everyday technologies, such as GPS and the internet, trace their origins to military research.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The request comes days after federal Judge James Boasberg ordered Jones to meet with her psychiatrist in New York City and approved home detention with a GPS monitor, overruling a magistrate judge.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for GPS
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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