extracurricular
adjective
ex·tra·cur·ric·u·lar
ˌek-strə-kə-ˈri-kyə-lər 
1
: not falling within the scope of a regular curriculum
specifically
: of or relating to officially or semiofficially approved and usually organized student activities (such as athletics) connected with school and usually carrying no academic credit
extracurricular sports
2
a
: lying outside one's regular duties or routine
b
extracurricular
noun
Examples of extracurricular in a Sentence
hired a private detective to investigate her husband's extracurricular activities
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Older students who are involved in extracurricular activities like band, sports, theater or debate are often busy with practices or competitions on Saturdays, ISD parent Jaime Jensen said.
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Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
The district plans to use the override renewal for dual language learning, art, music and school libraries, as well as teacher salaries, extracurricular options and maintaining class sizes.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Ideal tutors will also integrate her extracurricular interests—such as golfing, boxing, and cosmetology—into her academic agenda.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
But Ron breaks one secret to keep another by using the Seth issue to get out of explaining his own recent extracurricular activities to Barb — in the process totally violating his agreement with Seth, a sign that Ron’s efforts to hide are pushing him to be a worse husband and worse father.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti
updated October 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
The district plans to use the override renewal for dual language learning, art, music and school libraries, as well as teacher salaries, extracurricular options and maintaining class sizes.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Ideal tutors will also integrate her extracurricular interests—such as golfing, boxing, and cosmetology—into her academic agenda.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
But Ron breaks one secret to keep another by using the Seth issue to get out of explaining his own recent extracurricular activities to Barb — in the process totally violating his agreement with Seth, a sign that Ron’s efforts to hide are pushing him to be a worse husband and worse father.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for extracurricular
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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extracurricular. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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extracurricular
adjective
ex·tra·cur·ric·u·lar
ˌek-strə-kə-ˈrik-yə-lər
: of or relating to those activities (as athletics) that are offered by a school but are not part of the course of study
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