extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmer-ə-tᵊl 
-ˈma-rə-
: of, relating to, or being sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse : adulterous
an extramarital affair
Examples of extramarital in a Sentence
she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers
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In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair.
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Thomas Urbain, Fortune, 29 June 2025
Last seen alive in 2020 In the first case against him, prosecutors argued that Barry Morphew killed his wife on May 9, 2020, after discovering her nearly two-year extramarital affair, then disposed of her body and staged a bike crash before leaving for work in Broomfield early the next day.
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Later, his public image was of a contented husband, but his extramarital affairs have been the subject of recent media attention.
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Thomas Urbain, Fortune, 29 June 2025
Last seen alive in 2020 In the first case against him, prosecutors argued that Barry Morphew killed his wife on May 9, 2020, after discovering her nearly two-year extramarital affair, then disposed of her body and staged a bike crash before leaving for work in Broomfield early the next day.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Later, his public image was of a contented husband, but his extramarital affairs have been the subject of recent media attention.
—Kirsty McHugh, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court for former US President Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City, on April 30,...
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for extramarital
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extramarital. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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extramarital
adjective
ex·tra·mar·i·tal
ˌek-strə-ˈmar-ət-ᵊl
: of or relating to sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse
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