different animal
noun
: something different
The sport has changed. It's a very/completely different animal today.
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The Rebels present a much different animal with Kiffin’s regime producing eight of the school’s top 10 total offense games during his six seasons.
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Subprime auto loans, even questionable ones like the low documentation loans Tricolor offered, are a very different animal than the subprime mortgage loans of the early years of this century.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
As a character, Kratos is a different animal in the 2018 game when compared to previous iterations.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But Saturday was a different animal, and social media was out in full force.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
Subprime auto loans, even questionable ones like the low documentation loans Tricolor offered, are a very different animal than the subprime mortgage loans of the early years of this century.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
As a character, Kratos is a different animal in the 2018 game when compared to previous iterations.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But Saturday was a different animal, and social media was out in full force.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Different animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/different%20animal. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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