Using separate data sets for the same fixture

I have a shell that sends out emails updating a person on their account status. In order to compile the list of people who need to receive this email today, I have a method that executes the appropriatefind('all') query and returns the list of recipients. I want to unit test this method to make sure this list is being generated correctly.

However, now I have two unit tests depending on my Person fixture - my Person model's test, and this shell test. The extra clutter from the Person model test makes it awkward to prepare a data set focused on my shell test. The tests are complected - if I change the data set for one, I might break the other.

Can I easily define separate data sets for the same fixture depending on the context? Can I create separate fixtures for separate tests? How?

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