whole story

noun

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

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Official crime numbers do not tell the whole story. Jillian E. Snider, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025 Costume designer Caroline Duncan crafted a whole story behind the pieces the characters wear on the limited series, from the custom Lilly Pulitzer pieces to the pastel Vineyard Vines splashed across the Cliff House and beyond. Hedy Phillips, People.com, 12 June 2025 The financial picture tells the whole story: an almost $6 billion deficit where once stood a surplus, burdened further by $10 billion in new taxes. Kendall Qualls, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025 The answer to that, however, isn’t really a whole story. James Mirtle, New York Times, 17 May 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 2 Jul. 2025.

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