tell a different story
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: to show that something different is true from what someone says is true
He said he wasn't at the scene of the crime, but the fingerprints tell a different story.
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The details, though, likely will tell a different story.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
But the country’s currency markets tell a different story.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Vadik’s mother, Basia, would also tell a different story.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But the City’s Planning and Economic Development Department’s indifference toward Saint Paul Brewing at the Hamm’s complex redevelopment tell a different story.
—Rob Clapp, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
But the country’s currency markets tell a different story.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Vadik’s mother, Basia, would also tell a different story.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But the City’s Planning and Economic Development Department’s indifference toward Saint Paul Brewing at the Hamm’s complex redevelopment tell a different story.
—Rob Clapp, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Tell a different story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tell%20a%20different%20story. Accessed 26 May. 2025.
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