: 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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Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
China has deployed its own GPS satellite network and a constellation of intelligence-gathering satellites to monitor locations around the world and, if necessary, supply targeting information for a military attack.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
But more recently, with GPS and algorithmic feeds, those changes are becoming measurable and, frankly, more concerning.
—Christine Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Darryl Stallworth, Cutright’s attorney, said the court order instructed sheriff’s officials to only allow Cutright to be released from the jail with a GPS monitor bracelet on his ankle supplied at his own cost.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Even without the latest new-fangled gadgets, anglers are more technologically equipped than ever with things like GPS, electronic contour maps of lakes auto-steering trolling motors.
—Mike McFeely, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
China has deployed its own GPS satellite network and a constellation of intelligence-gathering satellites to monitor locations around the world and, if necessary, supply targeting information for a military attack.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026
But more recently, with GPS and algorithmic feeds, those changes are becoming measurable and, frankly, more concerning.
—Christine Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Darryl Stallworth, Cutright’s attorney, said the court order instructed sheriff’s officials to only allow Cutright to be released from the jail with a GPS monitor bracelet on his ankle supplied at his own cost.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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