as in extracurricular
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
adulterine fiction often portrays the illicit lovers sympathetically
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The analysis also says the diversion of taxpayer dollars away from public schools has led to schools being shut down, teachers being laid off and the loss of other resources like extracurricular activities.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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In addition, there is discretionary spending that may include college tuition, vacations, and extracurricular activities $71,586.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Nor did anyone blink when Shonda Rhimes set Scandal within the White House of a wishy-washy, adulterous GOP President who’d unwittingly stolen an election.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The new version strips down the book’s narrative, concentrating on the plight of an adulterous airline pilot (Cage) who’s forced to land a plane after all the good Christians are called up to heaven.—
Emily Heller,
Vulture,
12 July 2024
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For romantic thrills, people openly pursue extramarital affairs, though these aren’t necessarily consummated.—
Madeleine Feeny,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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When the two connected, to Adell’s surprise, the story she had been told about her birth, that she was conceived via an extramarital affair, was a lie.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Adulterine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulterine. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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