in a different light
idiom
: in a different way : differently
I see things in a different light now.
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The few color shots serve as a teaser for a potential future film, showing his place in a different light.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Milstead said that Senate Bill 1070 caused the Latino community to see police in a different light.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
Californication opened up comedy for me and allowed people to see me in a different light.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
Lately, however, some historians have begun to see that interwar decade in a different light—as a time of real progress toward a strong international order.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Milstead said that Senate Bill 1070 caused the Latino community to see police in a different light.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
Californication opened up comedy for me and allowed people to see me in a different light.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
Lately, however, some historians have begun to see that interwar decade in a different light—as a time of real progress toward a strong international order.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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