—used for a bituminous binder for roads
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Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden embraced Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the airport tarmac to show solidarity.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
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Noun
On October 2, 2020, 13 Australian women were transiting through Doha airport in Qatar on their way to Sydney when they were taken off their Qatar Airways plane by members of the Qatari security services and subjected to physical examinations in ambulances on the airport tarmac.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Biden embraced Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the airport tarmac to show solidarity.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Tarmac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarmac. Accessed 5 May. 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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