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
Tabloids hinted at steamy extramarital affairs— perhaps a gigolo, a former love, a famous author, but nothing came of those speculations.
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Eight of his closest aides reported him to the FBI in 2020, accusing him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his friends and campaign contributors, Nate Paul, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2025
Ashley Madison, a dating site for extramarital affairs, was hit by a data breach in 2015, which resulted in the personal data of 32 million users being leaked by a hacking group.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Eight of his closest aides reported him to the FBI in 2020, accusing him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his friends and campaign contributors, Nate Paul, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2025
Ashley Madison, a dating site for extramarital affairs, was hit by a data breach in 2015, which resulted in the personal data of 32 million users being leaked by a hacking group.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2025
In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Extramarital.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extramarital. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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