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
Ashley Madison, a dating site for extramarital affairs, was hit by a data breach in 2015, which resulted in the personal data of 32 million users being leaked by a hacking group.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
The famous composer’s Y chromosome was inherited not from the common ancestor of all the van Beethovens living today, but from an unknown father—perhaps the result of an extramarital affair in the generations before he was born.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
The famous composer’s Y chromosome was inherited not from the common ancestor of all the van Beethovens living today, but from an unknown father—perhaps the result of an extramarital affair in the generations before he was born.
—Byandrew Curry, science.org, 6 Mar. 2025
Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extramarital
Adjective
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Nor did anyone blink when Shonda Rhimes set Scandal within the White House of a wishy-washy, adulterous GOP President who’d unwittingly stolen an election.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The new version strips down the book’s narrative, concentrating on the plight of an adulterous airline pilot (Cage) who’s forced to land a plane after all the good Christians are called up to heaven.—
Emily Heller,
Vulture,
12 July 2024
Adjective
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Peripheral topics could be refocused into stand-alone lessons or extracurricular modules, freeing core class time to concentrate on deeper learning.—
Luke Lombe,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Most participants in the championship prepare primarily on their own, outside of their regular schooling and extracurricular activities.—
Jessica Tzikas,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extramarital. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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