How to Use in a different light in a Sentence

in a different light

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  • The video, though, shows the incident in a different light.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Is part of your aim with the film to push back on that and get viewers to see the Chinese people in a different light?
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2020
  • America needs to wake up and look at the farmers in a different light.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Last season, though, Kidd saw Green’s skill set in a different light.
    Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • But a run at a position of need tends to put players in a different light.
    Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • As a result, according to the lawsuit, many of Steven’s friends and neighbors now view him in a different light.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Here are some current contenders that show (and tell) teachers in a different light.
    Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The after-hours Lantern Tour ($40), meanwhile, enables travelers to see the falls in a different light.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In the 1940s, when there was much less sensitivity to race issues than there is today, the film was seen in a different light.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Its members help you to see the situation, and yourself, in a different light.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Suddenly, however, Mr. Bankman-Fried has cast the whole look in a different light.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • There is a moment that shows Malcolm’s hypocrisy in a different light, however.
    Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And risk, the balancing point between growth and efficiency, must be viewed in a different light.
    Sid Mohasseb, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • This detail has a way of putting the running storyline about Oliver’s financial straits in a different light.
    Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Worsham took note and slowly began to view Rubberband in a different light.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In time, though, the feminist revenge fantasy gives way to something else, as Ana comes to see herself and her previous life in a different light.
    New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The offseason provided the Bulls with plenty of opportunities for reflection and, in turn, a chance to come at things in a different light.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • But that was fleeting — the Atlanta killings by a white gunman who targeted Asian spa businesses and the Watson case have cast therapists in a different light.
    Teresa M. Walker, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Proponents of the new commission hope that the investigative body could put to rest the efforts to cast January 6 in a different light -- something that was evident this week in the House.
    Manu Raju, CNN, 14 May 2021
  • Along the way, the characters begin to question their assumptions – not just of themselves, but their neighbors, spouses, children, and seeing them in a different light.
    Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Many modern legal theorists, and even the nation’s own founders, painted the concept of state authority in a different light.
    Dell Cameron, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Pocket doors and a bay window allow sunshine to pour in, allowing everyone in the family to see their home in a different light—even the homeowners' kids put their stamp of approval on the new space!
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023
  • Other times during his Cleveland tenure, and particularly in 2021 as the Browns missed the playoffs and Mayfield struggled on the field, that sort of cockiness was viewed in a different light.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 July 2022
  • Still, the ruling stipulated that certain other Warhol pieces—such as his famous depiction of Campbell’s soup cans—should be viewed in a different light.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • Consider changing some aspects of your appearance to encourage others to see you in a different light.
    Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • My investigation cast my home region in a different light.
    Brandi Kellam, Essence, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But these rapidly rising MSRPs cast the automakers' public pricing disputes with dealerships in a different light.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The new dance, which premiered in 2022, reclaims the narrative of the controversial Latina figure, casting her story in a different light than a certain British musical.
    oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2023
  • One of the exhibit designers, Helen Divjak, said the new exhibits will tell stories of the people who have lived in the different areas of the state and will help visitors see familiar places in a different light.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Shawna reacted to the male gaze by wearing a mask and hoodie in her posts, but Mia points out that covering up is also a reaction to what men want, and Shawna begins to see subjugation in a different light.
    Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022

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