extracurricular

Example Sentences

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She doesn’t let them enroll in more than one extracurricular at a time “because I don’t want to drive them to more than that,” and doesn’t force them to eat their vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

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

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

During his extracurricular reading about Peru, he came across a passage by Pedro Cieza de Leon, the Spanish traveler who observed three roads between the same two cities.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann