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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Baseball, however, is a different beast.
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If, by our standard, that is glaring plagiarism, the obvious retort is that the standard of the early seventeenth century was a very different beast.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
But the Bells' solar drone is a different beast entirely.
—Omar Kardoudi
april 05, New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
Baseball, however, is a different beast.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
If, by our standard, that is glaring plagiarism, the obvious retort is that the standard of the early seventeenth century was a very different beast.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
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