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extracurricular activity

NOUN
educational activities outside of the regular curriculum
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Ellison's extracurricular activity to date has tended to skew toward yachting, tennis, anti-aging research and buying an island in Hawaii.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

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

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

Growing up in New Jersey, Pinnock, an only child raised by an immigration attorney single mother, first began acting in school plays as an extracurricular activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Their children, ages 13 and 7, participated in any extracurricular activity that sparked their interest.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2022

He didn’t have a lot of free hours, because basketball was a demanding extracurricular activity and a massive time-suck, but we always found a way to make it work.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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