whole story

noun

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

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In the case of slavery, Reilly noted that modern educators are teaching only a sliver of the whole story. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026 And while the record won’t tell the whole story, the structure is there. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026 However, the sticker price doesn’t tell the whole story. Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Dec. 2025 Another, more cynical, view is to believe the whole story to be a myth, at best perhaps a misrepresentation or embellishment. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Dec. 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 Jan. 2026.

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