different animal

noun

: something different
The sport has changed. It's a very/completely different animal today.

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Being injured is obviously a bit of a different animal. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025 The Devils have weathered major absences in the regular season, but the playoffs are a different animal. Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Monitoring ‘vocal dose’ However, taking control of the Senate floor without bathroom breaks for more than a full day is a whole different animal. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025 The Vanderbilt University biologist and his colleagues were interested in how different animal species balance the need to produce energy with the harmful byproducts of that production. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for different animal

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“Different animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/different%20animal. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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