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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But Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final against the Carolina Hurricanes was a different beast.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
Compromise The original version of Umberg’s bill included sober living homes, which don’t have to be licensed by anyone and are thus a different beast.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2024
Instagram, though very popular, is a different beast, more about social networking than photography, and doesn't have things like EXIF or even full-size viewing.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
With the exhaust wide open, all of a sudden the Cherokee transforms into an entirely different beast.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
For Coyne, any injection other than Pfizer’s COVID shot felt, and still feels, like an entirely different beast.
—Haley Weiss, TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
Trademark law, however, is an altogether different beast.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Antarctic sea ice is a different beast, ringing a polar continent rather than growing from the center of a polar sea, and a number of factors cause its behavior to be complex.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023
Although she was accustomed to high-pressure situations, Vogue World: London was a slightly different beast.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
Compromise The original version of Umberg’s bill included sober living homes, which don’t have to be licensed by anyone and are thus a different beast.
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2024
Instagram, though very popular, is a different beast, more about social networking than photography, and doesn't have things like EXIF or even full-size viewing.
—PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
With the exhaust wide open, all of a sudden the Cherokee transforms into an entirely different beast.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
For Coyne, any injection other than Pfizer’s COVID shot felt, and still feels, like an entirely different beast.
—Haley Weiss, TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
Trademark law, however, is an altogether different beast.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Antarctic sea ice is a different beast, ringing a polar continent rather than growing from the center of a polar sea, and a number of factors cause its behavior to be complex.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023
Although she was accustomed to high-pressure situations, Vogue World: London was a slightly different beast.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2023
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