—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Rob Day, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The tremors caused significant damage to roads, tearing apart tarmac and buckling infrastructure.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Evacuees jumped several feet from the plane’s exit doors and stumbled across the slick tarmac clutching jackets and small carry-on bags.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Planet Labs images from Sunday show four B-2s and six support aircraft on the Diego Garcia tarmac.
—Haley Britzky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Industrial composting of organic waste, for example, is just tarmac, some industrial equipment, some air flow, and a lot of know-how.
—Rob Day, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The tremors caused significant damage to roads, tearing apart tarmac and buckling infrastructure.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Evacuees jumped several feet from the plane’s exit doors and stumbled across the slick tarmac clutching jackets and small carry-on bags.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Planet Labs images from Sunday show four B-2s and six support aircraft on the Diego Garcia tarmac.
—Haley Britzky, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 3 May. 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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