as in adulterous
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse
she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers
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Recent Examples of extramarital
His childhood friend–slash–onetime extramarital hookup, Nora, is back in the hospital with an infected graft, and her condition seems to get worse by the minute.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 May 2025
These California homes were among the very few commissions Wright worked on between 1922 and 1934, partly due to his declining reputation from the Taliesin murders and his extramarital affair and partly due to the Great Depression.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
And this week, younger sister Dory (Melissa Roxburgh) delivered Colter a file box full of Dad’s research on zero point energy — a box that’d previously been left with Lizzy’s mom, a former colleague with whom Ashton had an extramarital affair.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 May 2025
Clinton’s presidency was dogged with accusations of unethical behavior and extramarital affairs.
—Chris Lamb, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 May 2025
These California homes were among the very few commissions Wright worked on between 1922 and 1934, partly due to his declining reputation from the Taliesin murders and his extramarital affair and partly due to the Great Depression.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
And this week, younger sister Dory (Melissa Roxburgh) delivered Colter a file box full of Dad’s research on zero point energy — a box that’d previously been left with Lizzy’s mom, a former colleague with whom Ashton had an extramarital affair.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 May 2025
Clinton’s presidency was dogged with accusations of unethical behavior and extramarital affairs.
—Chris Lamb, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extramarital
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But with a twist so big — Sarah being the killer of her adulterous husband Adam’s mistress, Kelly Summers, and the one who set him up for the murder while simultaneously defending him tooth and nail in court — where was Rose to go after that?—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
29 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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Butler stars as Hank Thompson, a former baseball player who lands himself in trouble after agreeing to house-sit for a neighbor, who is involved in some not-so-legal extracurricular activities.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
21 May 2025
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Yorba, 18, said her awards, which included a $2,750 scholarship from the Ramona Garden Club, were based on her scholastic achievements and her involvement in extracurricular activities.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2025
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extramarital. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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