Global Positioning System
Example Sentences
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With the advent of the Global Positioning System, a signal could now be obtained from miles above the earth’s surface.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
GPS - the Global Positioning System - comprises many small satellites orbiting the Earth.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025
Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System.
From Salon • May 21, 2022
In space, for example, integrated deterrence would mean ensuring that capabilities such as our satellite-based Global Positioning System can continue even if adversaries attack it with missiles, cyber tools or space-based weapons.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2021
The Global Positioning System, for example, provides navigation services to the military as well as civilians.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2019
