another story

idiom

used to say that one thing is very different from another
She got good grades in math, but English was another story.

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Foster, however, was another story. Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025 And while prototypes may work under lab conditions, scaling them into reliable products that can be mass-produced is another story. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 The merits of investing in college sports are another story. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025 But that is another story entirely. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for another story

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“Another story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/another%20story. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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