as in extramarital
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
had an adulterous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage
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Recent Examples of adulterous
Here, the series extends the fallout from a life-defining adulterous affair down the decades.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
For decades, there had been adulterous movie-star romances.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power.
—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
For decades, there had been adulterous movie-star romances.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
Sorcerers, lovers, traitors, heroes saintly or adulterous, iconic women of power.
—Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
The 1930s were tumultuous years in the strenuous, tempestuous, frequently adulterous relationship between Rivera and Kahlo.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulterous
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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
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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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Niche's comprehensive evaluation assessed various aspects of each district, including academic performance, teacher quality, availability of clubs and extracurricular activities, college preparation resources, and administrative effectiveness.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Students in the city’s smallest schools have fewer courses to choose from and often miss out on clubs, extracurricular activities and sports.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
13 June 2025
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“Adulterous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterous. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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