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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Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
For sure, Vegas is a different beast than the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers or Montreal Canadiens.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
But as time has proven, getting those final three outs in a game is a different beast compared to the first 24.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 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
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