different animal
noun
: something different
The sport has changed. It's a very/completely different animal today.
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But Forest Lake’s defense, led by Gophers commit Howie Johnson on the defensive front, is a different animal.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
The education center now has six classrooms for programming, all meant to be very fun and immersive spaces, themed around different animal habitats including the Desert Room, the Jungle and Woodland Room ( a larger room that can be split in two), Ocean Room, Tundra Room and Pets Room.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
The education center now has six classrooms for programming, all meant to be very fun and immersive spaces, themed around different animal habitats including the Desert Room, the Jungle and Woodland Room ( a larger room that can be split in two), Ocean Room, Tundra Room and Pets Room.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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“Different animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/different%20animal. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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