—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Halle Vazquez, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
With 10 days to go until the first cars hit the track at Coronado, the circuit is looking more like a race track than streets and the air station tarmac.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
The track shouldn’t do that The problem was a new patch of tarmac that apparently wasn’t up to scratch and started deteriorating under the cars’ tires.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Away from tarmac, the CX-5 is capable enough for light off-road duties.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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Noun
Miami elected officials, Miami Museum’s CEO and a team from the National Archives Foundation welcomed the plane Monday on the hot tarmac at Opa-locka Airport, as the founding documents from 250 years ago arrived for their stay in the Museum of Miami for a two-week exhibition.
—Halle Vazquez, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
With 10 days to go until the first cars hit the track at Coronado, the circuit is looking more like a race track than streets and the air station tarmac.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
The track shouldn’t do that The problem was a new patch of tarmac that apparently wasn’t up to scratch and started deteriorating under the cars’ tires.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Away from tarmac, the CX-5 is capable enough for light off-road duties.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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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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