as in adulterous
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers
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Recent Examples of extramarital
Likewise, the public didn't know of his or most presidents' extramarital affairs.
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Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Since January of that year, the attorney general had been involved in an extramarital affair with his secretary, Anne Davis.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
In the early two-thousands, he was found to have misrepresented himself as a prosecutor to help a journalist investigate a mayor suspected of corruption; he was accused of having an extramarital affair; his son reportedly posted misogynistic comments online.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Upon receiving notice that it would be replaced with a new AI system, Opus 4 displayed an overwhelming tendency to blackmail the engineer — by threatening to reveal an extramarital affair — to try to prevent the engineer from going through with the replacement.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 June 2025
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Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Since January of that year, the attorney general had been involved in an extramarital affair with his secretary, Anne Davis.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
In the early two-thousands, he was found to have misrepresented himself as a prosecutor to help a journalist investigate a mayor suspected of corruption; he was accused of having an extramarital affair; his son reportedly posted misogynistic comments online.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Upon receiving notice that it would be replaced with a new AI system, Opus 4 displayed an overwhelming tendency to blackmail the engineer — by threatening to reveal an extramarital affair — to try to prevent the engineer from going through with the replacement.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extramarital
Adjective
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The supernatural thriller sees a woman return from death as a vindictive spirit to torment her adulterous husband.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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But with a twist so big — Sarah being the killer of her adulterous husband Adam’s mistress, Kelly Summers, and the one who set him up for the murder while simultaneously defending him tooth and nail in court — where was Rose to go after that?—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Leadership roles and extracurricular activities have prepared Poway High School Salutatorian Michael Markoff to tackle the challenges of studying medicine at UCLA this fall.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In Crosby-Ironton, voters may be asked to pay an additional $1.5 million per year or risk a four-day school week and the end of many extracurricular activities, according to the Star Tribune.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extramarital. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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