the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

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An airplane sits on the tarmac on a rainy day at Denver International Airport on June 20, 2019. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 One hundred and forty eight passengers exited the aircraft onto the tarmac. Colson Thayer, People.com, 23 June 2025 The video shows two people riding on electric scooters on the tarmac of RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 20 June 2025 He was seen walking with aides on what appeared to be an unmanned surveillance aircraft that resembled the U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance aircraft parked on the tarmac in the background. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the tarmac

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“The tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tarmac. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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