different animal

noun

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

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Jacksonville looks like an entirely different animal under first-year head coach Liam Cohen. Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025 This was a totally different animal. Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 But Montrose’s ground-and-pound attack is a different animal altogether. Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 But Forest Lake’s defense, led by Gophers commit Howie Johnson on the defensive front, is a different animal. Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 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 24 Oct. 2025.

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