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
Mariachi is an extracurricular activity for elementary school students.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
As would be expected by this point in a playoff series between two physical teams, there was a good amount of extracurricular activities — with Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart involved in more than a few of them.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
In a letter to the school community, district leaders said Valley Forge and Normandy High Schools would be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and all high school athletic and extracurricular events scheduled for those days would be postponed.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
In the early 1970s, five students at San Rafael High School in Marin County, California, would meet after extracurricular activities near a wall at school.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
As would be expected by this point in a playoff series between two physical teams, there was a good amount of extracurricular activities — with Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart involved in more than a few of them.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
In a letter to the school community, district leaders said Valley Forge and Normandy High Schools would be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and all high school athletic and extracurricular events scheduled for those days would be postponed.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
In the early 1970s, five students at San Rafael High School in Marin County, California, would meet after extracurricular activities near a wall at school.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracurricular
Adjective
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These included revealing the extramarital affair of the engineer in charge of replacing the model if the replacement went through.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
9 May 2026
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Cornyn’s campaign unveiled a new ad on Friday, comparing Paxton’s ethics to those of a strip club owner for having an extramarital affair.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 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 13 May. 2026.
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