whole story

noun

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

Examples of whole story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Viall doesn't believe that problems with their living arrangement tells the whole story. Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024 But political talking points don’t tell the whole story. Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024 But these headlines aren’t telling the whole story. La June Montgomery Tabron, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024 While a typical joint may contain between 100 to 200 milligrams of THC, that doesn’t tell the whole story, Cooper said. Patrick Martin, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024 But statistics on jobs filled don’t tell the whole story of people barely scraping by in multiple jobs, underemployed after a career derailment or pushed into retirement against their will. Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 Once again, those numbers didn’t tell the whole story. Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024 Here’s the whole story: The bathroom consisted of a tarp tied between two trees. Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024 And, out of this image, the whole story unfolded, and Fahim became the center of it. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024

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“Whole story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20story. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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