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whole story

noun

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

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Her acclaimed memoir, Crazy Is My Superpower, detailed the former Divas Champion's whole story with complete honesty. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025 The friendship between these two witches is the core of this whole story, and the way that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform it is what made the first movie work, despite the all-surrounding kookiness of Wicked. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025 The uprisings across the region stem from domestic grievances, but that isn’t the whole story. Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025 But field tests don’t tell you the whole story. Adam Roy, Outside, 9 Nov. 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 26 Nov. 2025.

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