in a different light
idiom
: in a different way : differently
I see things in a different light now.
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It’s been fun, Uche said, to see his parents in a different light, as an adult chatting with them about adult matters.
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Chad Graff, The Athletic, 30 Apr. 2024
Leo July 23 – August 22 Your peers are seeing you in a different light.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
Not until details emerged about a widespread Russian doping scandal that began in the early 2010s did Demus start viewing her loss in a different light.
—Eddie Pells, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
Each side views the other’s behavior in a different light.
—Robert Jervis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
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Chad Graff, The Athletic, 30 Apr. 2024
Leo July 23 – August 22 Your peers are seeing you in a different light.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024
Not until details emerged about a widespread Russian doping scandal that began in the early 2010s did Demus start viewing her loss in a different light.
—Eddie Pells, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
Each side views the other’s behavior in a different light.
—Robert Jervis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
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“In a different light.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20different%20light. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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