whole story

noun

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

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The whole story starts to get really warped. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 And that wasn’t even the whole story. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 An Amazon spokesman told the Daily News that the documents being referenced don’t tell the whole story with regards to its overall personnel plan. Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 But fare evasion doesn't tell the whole story of the transit agency's struggles, according to reports from the county and transit officials. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 22 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 31 Oct. 2025.

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