—used for a bituminous binder for roads
Examples of tarmac in a Sentence
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Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden embraced Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the airport tarmac to show solidarity.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
This steep half-mile stretch of tarmac is a serious challenge for runners and cyclists, but the reward is worth it.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
United had the most tarmac delays, 73, including one of nearly six hours.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
American Airlines violated the DOT's rule prohibiting airlines for keeping passengers on planes for tarmac delays lasting three hours or more, the department said in a statement.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
Others flew in on small planes, camping overnight on the airport’s tarmac.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
As the recent dramatic influx of immigrants has prompted a push among political leaders to accelerate expulsions, what Seattle's single shaky tarmac camera really shows is how little the public is allowed to know about the nation’s hidden deportation infrastructure.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
Noun
On October 2, 2020, 13 Australian women were transiting through Doha airport in Qatar on their way to Sydney when they were taken off their Qatar Airways plane by members of the Qatari security services and subjected to physical examinations in ambulances on the airport tarmac.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden embraced Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the airport tarmac to show solidarity.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
This steep half-mile stretch of tarmac is a serious challenge for runners and cyclists, but the reward is worth it.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
United had the most tarmac delays, 73, including one of nearly six hours.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
American Airlines violated the DOT's rule prohibiting airlines for keeping passengers on planes for tarmac delays lasting three hours or more, the department said in a statement.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
Others flew in on small planes, camping overnight on the airport’s tarmac.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
As the recent dramatic influx of immigrants has prompted a push among political leaders to accelerate expulsions, what Seattle's single shaky tarmac camera really shows is how little the public is allowed to know about the nation’s hidden deportation infrastructure.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
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tarmac
noun
tar·mac
ˈtär-ˌmak 
: a road, apron, or runway paved with layers of crushed stone covered with tar
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