—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Now all that’s left is for Kiffin, who was fired by USC in 2013 on the LAX tarmac, to win something that matters.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
This scene involves a woman briefly driving on an airport tarmac and kissing an actor goodbye.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
While the work isn’t all glamorous—technicians often endure extreme weather, noisy tarmacs, and the smell of jet fumes—the payoff can be substantial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
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Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Now all that’s left is for Kiffin, who was fired by USC in 2013 on the LAX tarmac, to win something that matters.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
This scene involves a woman briefly driving on an airport tarmac and kissing an actor goodbye.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Nov. 2025
While the work isn’t all glamorous—technicians often endure extreme weather, noisy tarmacs, and the smell of jet fumes—the payoff can be substantial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tarmac
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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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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