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    GS
    General Schedule (referring to the Civil Service job classification system).
  • G.S.
    G.S.
    abbreviation
    general secretary.
  • gs
    gs
    abbreviation
    South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

GS

1 American  
  1. General Schedule (referring to the Civil Service job classification system).

  2. general staff.

  3. German silver.


G.S. 2 American  
Or g.s.

abbreviation

  1. general secretary.

  2. general staff.


GS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. General Secretary

  2. General Staff

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gs 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Previously, GS was forecasting 6.70 twelve months out.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Goldman Sachs GS -0.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle is also set to be a founding investor, putting in around $150 million, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Goldman Sachs is raising $13 billion for its ninth GS Mezzanine Partners fund.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

GS now assumes that flows through the Strait of Hormuz stay at only 5% of normal levels for a longer six-week period before a gradual one-month recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The look given me by the only other passenger, a husky youngster in GS gray, when I punched Interstel's level, didn't help.

From Attrition by Krenkel, Roy G.

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