Definition of extracurricularnext
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 Traveling with tech From practice to extracurricular activities to after-school jobs, high schoolers spend much of their lives on the go. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Sometimes joining an extracurricular and playing for the fun of it—and only the fun of it—can be the best thing for your child’s overall development. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026 In Deloitte’s 2025 Back-to-School Survey, 90% of parents planned to enroll their kids in extracurricular activities. Barbara White, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Anderson is well known throughout the locker room for getting the extracurricular post-whistle activity going. Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for extracurricular
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Adjective
  • Sanford appeared to be on a trajectory for higher office when a very public extramarital affair in 2009 derailed that.
    Gavin Jackson, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Kathrine Thorborg Johansen and Anders Danielsen Lie gives fine performances in the second fiction feature from Swedish-Danish director Maria Bäck, in which a woman's long-term extramarital affair puts her life in perspective.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Fiction is inherently adulterous.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
  • 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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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracurricular. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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