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
Instead, McCready recommends parents involve their children in all aspects of decision-making in terms of whether to do a specific extracurricular activity or not.
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Parents, 18 June 2026
The tax money pays for the salaries of about 1,200 teachers, 740 drama and music teachers, and 50 athletic coaches and trainers, according to district data, and also helps pay for extracurricular activities, athletics and field trips.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
And throwing himself into everything from sumo wrestling to organizing music festivals (there’s an unexpected Backstreet Boys cameo), Poldi is never short on extracurricular exploits, either.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
While his classmates dutifully listed their academic awards, extracurricular activities and sport accolades in the high school yearbook, the Long Island resident opted for just six simple words for his entry.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 10 June 2026
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Parents, 18 June 2026
The tax money pays for the salaries of about 1,200 teachers, 740 drama and music teachers, and 50 athletic coaches and trainers, according to district data, and also helps pay for extracurricular activities, athletics and field trips.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
And throwing himself into everything from sumo wrestling to organizing music festivals (there’s an unexpected Backstreet Boys cameo), Poldi is never short on extracurricular exploits, either.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
While his classmates dutifully listed their academic awards, extracurricular activities and sport accolades in the high school yearbook, the Long Island resident opted for just six simple words for his entry.
—Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracurricular
Adjective
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Gates acknowledged having two extramarital affairs that Epstein later learned about.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Those include a Nazi tattoo, offensive social media posts, an extramarital sexting scandal, and allegedly toxic former romantic relationships.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Fiction is inherently adulterous.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 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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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracurricular. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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