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Discover LudwigThe phrase "been something else" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something has changed or evolved into a different state or condition.
Example: "After all these years, my perspective on life has been something else entirely."
Alternatives: "has been different" or "has turned into something else."
Dictionary
been something else
pronoun
An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
synonyms
Exact(56)
"There must have been something else.
"She's of this earth, but here she's been something else".
It had been something else, something stupid, a car.
If it wasn't that, it would have been something else".
Iran and Saudi Arabia would've been something else.
If not, the caterpillar may have been something else.
He added: "If the model had turned up this picture may have been something else".
There must have been something else going on". "His heart stopped beating".
Similar(3)
United was something else.
I'm something else.
Tuesday was something else.
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