different beast
noun
: an entirely different thing
Reading modern English is one thing, but understanding Shakespeare is an entirely different beast.
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The problem of how to fill in those colors, however, proved to be a different beast.
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Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2025
Dina's meticulous planning for the journey was rock-solid, but Seattle is turning out to be a different beast altogether.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
But while that effort may have been enough to dispatch a genuinely mid Senators team, the Panthers are going to be a different beast.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The playoffs are a different beast, and the Celtics are a team with more talent, more shooting, more experience, more of just about everything.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025
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Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 12 May 2025
Dina's meticulous planning for the journey was rock-solid, but Seattle is turning out to be a different beast altogether.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
But while that effort may have been enough to dispatch a genuinely mid Senators team, the Panthers are going to be a different beast.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The playoffs are a different beast, and the Celtics are a team with more talent, more shooting, more experience, more of just about everything.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Different beast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/different%20beast. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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