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something else again

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  1. A different case entirely, as in If he'd called to cancel, we wouldn't mind, but not showing up, that's something else again. [Mid-1800s]


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The Messi at the 2022 World Cup was something else again - a synthesis of everything that had come before.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“It’s one thing to design clothes, it’s something else again to hang around the salesrooms watching the public react to them,” Armani told Time magazine in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

Navarro is something else again: He’s highly educated and not especially rich.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Deadwyler and Chukwu turn the scene into something else again, a demonstration of resolve, righteous anger and love.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023

When you think about it, the universe is nothing but this vast knackery of churning black holes and exploding stars, constantly freeing atoms that collect together and become something else, and something else again.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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