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
It resembles the investments government made in the 1960s to develop ARPANET, the first, rough version of the Internet, and, later, the Global Positioning System.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
At the time, the government was opening up its Global Positioning System for civilian use, and the two men saw possibilities.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2019
