whole story

noun

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

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If the proposed two-minute rule for public comments had been in place, Councilman Ferdinand Alvarez, D-At-large, pointed out, the council would not have heard their whole story. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026 Fom the beginning, the whole story is built on misunderstanding and miscommunication. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026 Legislation is almost always part of the story, never the whole story. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Nov. 2026 Because the Canes were playing a lot of zone, assigning blame to safeties doesn’t necessarily tell the whole story. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026 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 13 Nov. 2026.

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