whole story

noun

: all the facts : everything
They failed to tell us the whole story.

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But even if so, that’s not the whole story. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025 The image of Dinah being lifted into an ambulance sets our whole story in motion. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025 The whole story starts to get really warped. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 But that's not the whole story, he story. Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for whole story

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“Whole story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20story. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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