as in extramarital
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
hired a private detective to investigate her husband's extracurricular activities
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Recent Examples of extracurricular
Yorba, 18, said her awards, which included a $2,750 scholarship from the Ramona Garden Club, were based on her scholastic achievements and her involvement in extracurricular activities.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
However, the former couple will split the rest of their son's extracurricular activities and jointly select the school for the 2025 school year.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 16 May 2025
Mothers especially might feel overwhelmed by the idea, when financial planning is just one more thing to add to an endless to-do list of doctor's appointments, kids' extracurricular activities and scheduling school pickup and drop-off.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 May 2025
In practice, this approach may encourage youth to join community groups and participate in extracurricular activities, which are protective factors against substance use.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
However, the former couple will split the rest of their son's extracurricular activities and jointly select the school for the 2025 school year.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 16 May 2025
Mothers especially might feel overwhelmed by the idea, when financial planning is just one more thing to add to an endless to-do list of doctor's appointments, kids' extracurricular activities and scheduling school pickup and drop-off.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 14 May 2025
In practice, this approach may encourage youth to join community groups and participate in extracurricular activities, which are protective factors against substance use.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracurricular
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In the early two-thousands, he was found to have misrepresented himself as a prosecutor to help a journalist investigate a mayor suspected of corruption; he was accused of having an extramarital affair; his son reportedly posted misogynistic comments online.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Upon receiving notice that it would be replaced with a new AI system, Opus 4 displayed an overwhelming tendency to blackmail the engineer — by threatening to reveal an extramarital affair — to try to prevent the engineer from going through with the replacement.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
1 June 2025
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But with a twist so big — Sarah being the killer of her adulterous husband Adam’s mistress, Kelly Summers, and the one who set him up for the murder while simultaneously defending him tooth and nail in court — where was Rose to go after that?—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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Nor did anyone blink when Shonda Rhimes set Scandal within the White House of a wishy-washy, adulterous GOP President who’d unwittingly stolen an election.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracurricular. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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