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The phrase "a different situation than" is not considered correct in standard written English; it should be "a different situation from." You can use it when comparing two situations, but it is better to use "from" instead of "than."
Example: "This is a different situation from what we faced last year."
Alternatives: "a different scenario from" or "a different case than."
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"Obviously, we're looking at a different situation than we were a week ago," said Joe Trippi, Dr. Dean's campaign manager.
"Neymar is in a different situation than Lionel Messi.
Wilpon said the Mets were in a different situation than the Twins.
A dying Yugoslavia was a different situation than a nascent Iraq, to be sure.
The Mets, with no serious postseason expectations, find themselves in a different situation than the Nationals this September.
And so that's a different situation than how a judge has acted in the cases before him or her.
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Q. Inaudible GENERAL POWELL: We have a different situation now than we had in 1991 and 1992.
If you say you're on your last legs, for example, you are in a far different situation than a person who's on the last lap.
"It's a different situation at DaimlerChrysler than it's been at Ford and G.M.," he said.
You've been around television for a long time — there was a slight sidetrack into film where you won an Academy Award for "12 Years a Slave" — but this is a very different situation than what you've seen in the past.
"It was clear that if it all worked out, this would be a very different situation than I've had with a label before".
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