How to Use GPS in a Sentence

GPS

noun

• The car comes with GPS.
• Drop an anchor or use a GPS trolling motor to keep the boat in place.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 24 Apr. 2024
• In this project, set up a GPS cat-tracking device and find out where your cat goes.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
• The youth has been in the care of his mother, with GPS monitoring and a curfew.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• The case started when Leonard’s owner tracked the GPS collar and pressed the app button to flip on the collar’s flashing lights.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• The curfew, officials explained, lasts six hours, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and the head of the household has to wear a GPS monitor.
  — Hamed Aleaziz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Two of the cyclists went to the trail head to meet with emergency crews and give them GPS coordinates to the hikers.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 17 July 2023
• In addition to the remains, a GPS device and a daypack were also found.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• Many will also have the option to track workouts, but may not offer as much in-depth data as, say, a GPS watch.
  — Gabrielle Hondorp, SELF, 14 July 2023
• She was granted a release in 2021 to live with her father and was ordered to wear a GPS monitor.
  — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
• This ensures the watch isn’t piggybacking off my phone’s GPS.
  — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2023
• He was required to wear a GPS monitor and have no contact with Edwards.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Diaz says to expect at least an hour longer than whatever the GPS predicts.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• Just name your destination, and your car’s GPS or whatever tells you how to get there.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• She’s programmed Alexa to tell her what to do, and doesn’t go anywhere in her car without a GPS program directing her.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• The company will use GPS tracking tied to the mobile app to ensure that the customer recieves their order fresh.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• Still, the court lowered Clark’s bail from $2 million to $1 million and agreed to release him to house arrest at his parents’ home with a GPS monitor.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
• The firm is essential in the production of smartphones, laptops, video games, televisions and GPS units.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
• Though ships now can navigate via GPS, the flashing light and bellowing horn still serve a purpose, Foregger tells his guests.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• Nolan also ordered Veney not to drive any vehicles and to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• There are countless stories of the portable GPS saving the day when a piece of luggage goes missing on a series of connecting flights.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
• Regarding her bail, the defense attorney said his 72-year-old client is frail, could wear a GPS tracker, and does not present a danger to the community.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Steen was released without having to post bail, but given a GPS monitoring device, after the charges were filed in 2022.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• He has been released on his own recognizance, but must wear a GPS monitor to track his location.
  — Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
• Customers were dazzled by the ability to instantly locate a two-wheeled ride with a phone’s GPS, start up the scooter with an app, and ditch it anywhere afterward.
  — Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
• But while out, he was supposed to wear a GPS ankle monitor, according to court documents.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2023
• If separating from your travel group, send a friend your GPS location.
  — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• Perhaps the biggest challenge the researchers are grappling with is the absence of GPS signals, which can’t penetrate beneath the water’s surface.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2023
• Most of these offer basic phone, text, and GPS capabilities at a bigger bang for your buck than the average smartphone.
  — Sona Charaipotra, Parents, 13 Sep. 2023
• It’s reasonably priced, has GPS tracking, and doesn’t have internet or social media.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024