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 when the cars are on the track, this race is a completely different beast.
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 22 May 2026
But developing a new instructional regimen for complex high-stakes moon missions as the agency tries to aggressively ramp up Artemis launches from once every 3 1/2 years to every six months is a different beast.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court just wiped the slate clean for Alex Murdaugh, but the second round of his double-murder trial is already poised to be a different beast.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Telling a story and holding the audience’s attention for that long is a different beast than holding the attention of an audience for, 10, 20, 30 minutes.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 May 2026
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 22 May 2026
But developing a new instructional regimen for complex high-stakes moon missions as the agency tries to aggressively ramp up Artemis launches from once every 3 1/2 years to every six months is a different beast.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The South Carolina Supreme Court just wiped the slate clean for Alex Murdaugh, but the second round of his double-murder trial is already poised to be a different beast.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Telling a story and holding the audience’s attention for that long is a different beast than holding the attention of an audience for, 10, 20, 30 minutes.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 May 2026
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