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

Global Positioning System, from China’s expanding antisatellite arsenal.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System.

From Salon • May 21, 2022

The Global Positioning System, for example, provides navigation services to the military as well as civilians.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2019