as in extracurricular
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
adulterine fiction often portrays the illicit lovers sympathetically
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The teams had been developed by the non-profit Project Blue not only to provide an extracurricular opportunity for the kids, but to bridge the differences between two communities historically divided along racial lines and by gang violence.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Divorce can intensify these challenges, yet many parenting plans still focus almost exclusively on schedules, transportation and extracurricular activities.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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The unapologetically lurid tale of two families locked in an ever-complex cat’s cradle of class resentments and adulterous power plays also swarms with queen bees and jaw-droppingly muscular men that feel straight out of the Real Housewives playbook.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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As with the true story of the adulterous writers, there’s something at the center of The Disappear that feels cringily solipsistic.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2026
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Banfield was having an extramarital affair with the au pair at the time, prosecutors say.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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The couple embarked on an extramarital affair before eventually divorcing their respective spouses and marrying in 2006.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Adulterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterine. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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