—used for a bituminous binder for roads
Examples of tarmac in a Sentence
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USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
As the recent dramatic influx of immigrants has prompted a push among political leaders to accelerate expulsions, what Seattle's single shaky tarmac camera really shows is how little the public is allowed to know about the nation’s hidden deportation infrastructure.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
To create a tarmac road surface at model chicken scale the team use crushed walnuts mixed with glue and sand while a motorized device that looks like a toilet roll covered in tin foil has been jerry-rigged to create ripples on water.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
Customers enjoy classic diner-style fare while admiring models of historical aircraft hanging from the ceiling or watching airplanes land and take off at the nearby tarmac.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
That one came after spending six hours on an airport tarmac and changing planes before arriving in Canada.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
The contrast between the two politicians was striking this month when Mr. Biden took the short flight of stairs down Air Force One to greet Ms. Whitmer, nearly 30 years his junior, on a tarmac outside Detroit.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Air Canada passenger falls onto tarmac after opening cabin door
An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Dubai was delayed for almost six hours this week after a passenger opened a cabin door and fell onto the tarmac, Peel Regional Police said.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 13 Jan. 2024
Noun
Others flew in on small planes, camping overnight on the airport’s tarmac.
—USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
As the recent dramatic influx of immigrants has prompted a push among political leaders to accelerate expulsions, what Seattle's single shaky tarmac camera really shows is how little the public is allowed to know about the nation’s hidden deportation infrastructure.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Only one tarmac road connects the tiny airstrip to the harbor town.
—Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
To create a tarmac road surface at model chicken scale the team use crushed walnuts mixed with glue and sand while a motorized device that looks like a toilet roll covered in tin foil has been jerry-rigged to create ripples on water.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Dec. 2023
Customers enjoy classic diner-style fare while admiring models of historical aircraft hanging from the ceiling or watching airplanes land and take off at the nearby tarmac.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
That one came after spending six hours on an airport tarmac and changing planes before arriving in Canada.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
The contrast between the two politicians was striking this month when Mr. Biden took the short flight of stairs down Air Force One to greet Ms. Whitmer, nearly 30 years his junior, on a tarmac outside Detroit.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
Air Canada passenger falls onto tarmac after opening cabin door
An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Dubai was delayed for almost six hours this week after a passenger opened a cabin door and fell onto the tarmac, Peel Regional Police said.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 13 Jan. 2024
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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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