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 The law requires the Superintendent to consider completion of history, government and civics courses and participation in community service and extracurricular activities to determine students’ eligibility. Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 And Soderlund doesn't just measure the value of her kids' extracurricular pursuits in dollars. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026 Without the tax, OCPS would lose about $256 million in funding that pays for about 2,000 teachers and several dozen extracurricular programs like sports and the arts. Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 Avelar is a part of an extracurricular program run by America SCORES Bay Area, a nonprofit that allows students to learn and play the sport of soccer, as well as honing some of their academic skills through poetry. Sara Donchey, CBS News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for extracurricular
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Adjective
  • Twain and Marie-Anne became close friends, and Twain was shocked to learn that Marie-Anne and Lange had been allegedly carrying on an extramarital affair—losing both her husband and her best friend in one fell swoop.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026
  • Homer’s hero has extramarital affairs with goddesses Circe and Calypso — the latter of whom traps him and forces him to sleep with her each night for seven years.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 27 July 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 1 Aug. 2026.

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