as in cheating
to be sexually unfaithful
he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage
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There are things worse than cheating.—
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Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported an uptick in the sale of blue books as a safeguard in testing to avoid students using AI for cheating.—
Laurel Donnellan,
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11 Sep. 2025
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“Philandering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philandering. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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