—used for a bituminous binder for roads
Examples of tarmac in a Sentence
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Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
According to the Department of Transportation, airlines are required to provide passengers with food and water during onboard tarmac delays of more than two hours.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
An American Airlines employee at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was killed in a tarmac incident Thursday, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
The episode ends on a lonely airplane tarmac, with a solo piano playing another of Britell’s themes and then a more impassioned elegy for organ and orchestra.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
In March, the wings of two United Airlines planes clipped one another while both aircraft were on the airport’s tarmac.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
Our addiction to quick and free parking has turned our cities into vast expanses of garages and tarmac that are unsightly and dangerous to walk across.
—Max Holleran, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
At one point, Trump’s son Eric posted on social media a picture of a television set inside the plane showing a Fox News Channel picture of the plane waiting on a Florida tarmac.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
To draw society’s attention to the issue, the group has staged disruptive protests, usually by gluing themselves to roads and tarmacs.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Last year, American had 17 flights that experienced tarmac times of over three hours out of 874,145 domestic flights.
—Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
According to the Department of Transportation, airlines are required to provide passengers with food and water during onboard tarmac delays of more than two hours.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
An American Airlines employee at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was killed in a tarmac incident Thursday, authorities said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
The episode ends on a lonely airplane tarmac, with a solo piano playing another of Britell’s themes and then a more impassioned elegy for organ and orchestra.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
In March, the wings of two United Airlines planes clipped one another while both aircraft were on the airport’s tarmac.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
Our addiction to quick and free parking has turned our cities into vast expanses of garages and tarmac that are unsightly and dangerous to walk across.
—Max Holleran, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
At one point, Trump’s son Eric posted on social media a picture of a television set inside the plane showing a Fox News Channel picture of the plane waiting on a Florida tarmac.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
To draw society’s attention to the issue, the group has staged disruptive protests, usually by gluing themselves to roads and tarmacs.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2023
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from Tarmac, a trademark
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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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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