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
My friend is financing most of the extracurricular activities and clothes for Mia.
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R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
In the meantime, no new Girl Scout troops may be established, and Girl Scouts may not be featured or promoted as an official ministry or extracurricular activity of any Catholic parish or school in the archdiocese.
—Enquirer Staff, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
So friendships unsurprisingly tend to form in places where people spend a lot of their time anyway: work, school, church, extracurricular activities.
—Jann E. Freed, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Intensive parenting typically also includes parents being heavily involved in a child's academics, extracurricular activities, and social interactions.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Extracurricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extracurricular. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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