the tarmac

noun

: the area covered by pavement at an airport

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Their planes literally parked next to each other on the tarmac. —

CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024 On the tarmac, Vance let Usha board the plane first and then lumbered up the stairs, somewhat more in the manner of his dog than of his wife. —

Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Lisa Blunt Rochester adjusted the plastic white helmet on her head, then leaned over to pick up a shovel, scoop up some dirt and toss it towards the television cameras set up on the tarmac of Wilmington’s regional airport. —

Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024 On the tarmac, standing at attention and saluting, were sailors in their dress whites and an honor guard in service dress blues and campaign hats. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the tarmac