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
Those include a Nazi tattoo, offensive social media posts, an extramarital sexting scandal, and allegedly toxic former romantic relationships.
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Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
Democrat Graham Platner is expected to win his party’s nomination despite growing scrutiny over allegations about his past treatment of women and a recent extramarital sexting scandal.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
The three-episode Netflix documentary produced by Bilton explores the breach of a dating app designed to arrange extramarital affairs and the resulting exposure of personal data.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
When sports journalist Dianna Russini and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel had what appeared to be an extramarital affair exposed by the New York Post, Russini was forced out of her job and perhaps her career, while repercussions for Vrabel have been all but nonexistent.
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Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
Democrat Graham Platner is expected to win his party’s nomination despite growing scrutiny over allegations about his past treatment of women and a recent extramarital sexting scandal.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
The three-episode Netflix documentary produced by Bilton explores the breach of a dating app designed to arrange extramarital affairs and the resulting exposure of personal data.
—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
When sports journalist Dianna Russini and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel had what appeared to be an extramarital affair exposed by the New York Post, Russini was forced out of her job and perhaps her career, while repercussions for Vrabel have been all but nonexistent.
—
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extramarital
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Fiction is inherently adulterous.
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But the gamesmanship, foreshadowing the adulterous antics of Harold Pinter’s plays, escalates perilously.
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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.
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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.
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