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extracurricular activity

NOUN
educational activities outside of the regular curriculum
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Starmer was at St George's Park to announce a new School Sport Partnerships and Enrichment Framework for schools to ensure all young people have equal access to high-quality sport and extracurricular activity.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Is rushing going to have to be an extracurricular activity for this offense with Herbert pulling the trigger?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

They are also here because playing in bands like the Ocean of Soul isn’t about school participation and it’s not about knocking out an extracurricular activity.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Sometimes the extracurricular activity is so egregious it makes national news by itself.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

It became hard for me to get through a school day without someone after me to join this or head up that—the debating society, the Junior High basketball team, or some other extracurricular activity.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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