as in extramarital
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
hired a private detective to investigate her husband's extracurricular activities
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Recent Examples of extracurricular
Activity makes a 'huge difference' Nayleen is one of the thousands of students across the country who participate in extracurricular activities through the SCORES program, which creates safe environments where young people can build connections with their communities, according to its website.
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Arthur Jones Ii,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Beyond his infamously relentless rate of output (and all the frequent rebrandings and extracurricular pursuits he’s initiated along the way), Dwyer’s music is actually becoming more caustic and confrontational as time goes on.
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Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
Jackson said the marching band’s bass drum section was more than just an extracurricular activity for Thacker.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Instead, McCready recommends parents involve their children in all aspects of decision-making in terms of whether to do a specific extracurricular activity or not.
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Parents,
18 June 2026
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Arthur Jones Ii,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Beyond his infamously relentless rate of output (and all the frequent rebrandings and extracurricular pursuits he’s initiated along the way), Dwyer’s music is actually becoming more caustic and confrontational as time goes on.
—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
Jackson said the marching band’s bass drum section was more than just an extracurricular activity for Thacker.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Instead, McCready recommends parents involve their children in all aspects of decision-making in terms of whether to do a specific extracurricular activity or not.
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Parents,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extracurricular
Adjective
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Black employed Epstein has a wealth management adviser, but also allegedly confided in him about personal matters, including extramarital affairs that ended in nondisclosure agreements.
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Cue a whole host of dodgy deals and shady string-pulling, not to mention an extramarital affair, as the entirely fictional — but no doubt true to life — character abandons any sense of morality.
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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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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracurricular. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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