adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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extraneous military forces
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Her report contains too many extraneous details.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Essentially, the classic experimental design involves controlling all factors extraneous to the hypothesis of interest in order that this can be tested.
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Funding will depend on the sale of extraneous plots for other developments, not an easy matter in the current climate.
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Great care must be taken to ensure that solutions are clean and free of extraneous matter.
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He knows a plethora of extraneous facts about the arctic and the tropics.
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It did not want to undermine trust or uncover extraneous information that might damage agents' careers.
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Judges already have substantial latitude to limit extraneous arguments that might mislead jurors; they could use it more often.
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There is no extraneous information to interfere with the layout.