extracurricular
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They can usually direct their donations toward funding a specific mission – perhaps in memory of a favorite professor, supporting cancer research or to support extracurricular activities such as sports.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
But today more students seem to be looking to career-focused, professional extracurricular activities than in past classes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Apps or technologies serving extracurricular programs or sports teams can claim they weren’t designed and marketed for the classroom, or that their use isn’t mandatory, said Vance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
Since 1979, teen labor-force participation has fallen from around 60% to 35%-40%, due to a tightening of labor laws, socio-economic changes and more school commitments and extracurricular activities.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026
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
Vocabulary lists containing extracurricular
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