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 That was four months after Herchen’s first wife died, though the two were already engaged in an extramarital affair, according to court records. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025 Need someone to absorb your wife’s anger over that extramarital affair without inconveniencing your mistress? Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 Each of them offers money and position but nothing much in the way of pleasure, excitement, intellectual stimulation, or the prospect of anything other than a life of loveless, socially irreproachable tedium possibly brightened by the occasional extramarital affair. Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 Some employees choose to keep their relationship secret because such relationships are banned in their organization, others choose secrecy for privacy reasons or because the relationship is extramarital. Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for extramarital
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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
  • 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
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  • The district also seeks a maintenance and operations budget override of 15% for full-day kindergarten, class sizes, art and music programs, career and technical education programs, athletics, extracurricular activities, teacher and staff salaries and professional development.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond the classroom, participating in extracurricular activities and volunteering can be a fun way to discover passions and maybe find a future college major.
    RACHEL SPECTOR, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extramarital. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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