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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Adjective
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According to a 2024 indictment in Crump’s case, assaults are often committed by the club in order to protect and expand territory, intimidate rivals, conceal members from law enforcement and advance extracurricular criminal projects.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026 -
But the rematch lived up to the hype in every way, aside from the lack of extracurricular activity.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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But the gamesmanship, foreshadowing the adulterous antics of Harold Pinter’s plays, escalates perilously.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 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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Ten days earlier, Jeff Bezos had announced his divorce from MacKenzie Scott shortly after the National Enquirer reported on Bezos’ extramarital affair with Lauren Sanchez.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The extramarital romantic relationship started in May 2024 while Sinema served in Congress, and bodyguard Matthew Ammel was still married.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Adulterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterine. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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