the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

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Now a professional pilot herself, Katnik wasn’t expecting to hear that voice while on the tarmac at Washington Dulles International Airport this week. — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026 El-Sissi and military guards greeted him on the tarmac with a red-carpet ceremony. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Firefighters who weren’t yet being deployed lined the route to the tarmac, hooting and clapping and giving high fives. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Crew trucks and vans surrounded the aircraft on the tarmac, video captured by CNN affiliate WBBM showed. — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 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 5 Sep. 2026.

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