whole story

noun

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

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But the Cubs dropped the ball by not explaining the whole story on the Marquee Sports Network telecast. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Sonny Boy by Al Pacino Reading Pacino’s whole story was fascinating. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 July 2025 And even those figures may not tell the whole story. Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 22 July 2025 That process found me through me telling my whole story musically, and that's always been my mission. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.

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