half the story
idiom
—used to say that there are other matters in addition to what was stated
The restaurant has great desserts, but that's only/just half the story. It also has wonderful entertainment.
Examples of half the story in a Sentence
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That prevailing backlash narrative, however, ignores half the story–a critical half for our planet and its most vulnerable communities–on the heels of the hottest year ever recorded on earth.
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Margret Trilli, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
But the numbers tell only half the story; equally significant was the way the votes fell.
—Jorge Heine, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023
Meta’s researchers achieved this partially through sheer model size, but that’s only half the story.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2023
But 19th-century furnishings and sculptures tell only half the story: the Rahr-West Art Museum also counts a permanent collection of modernist and postwar pieces by luminaries like Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
—Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
Results are always just half the story when news on Brenner Souza da Silva is percolating, and that's certainly been the case lately.
—The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
But last May, three physicists proved that the 1969 verdict was only half the story.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
Margret Trilli, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
But the numbers tell only half the story; equally significant was the way the votes fell.
—Jorge Heine, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023
Meta’s researchers achieved this partially through sheer model size, but that’s only half the story.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 July 2023
But 19th-century furnishings and sculptures tell only half the story: the Rahr-West Art Museum also counts a permanent collection of modernist and postwar pieces by luminaries like Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
—Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
Results are always just half the story when news on Brenner Souza da Silva is percolating, and that's certainly been the case lately.
—The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
But last May, three physicists proved that the 1969 verdict was only half the story.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023
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