whole story

noun

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

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But medication isn’t the whole story. Tara Comonte, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 But that doesn’t tell the whole story. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026 Somewhere in there may lie truths about the semiconductor, banking, retail and manufacturing sectors, but one day’s results probably don’t tell the whole story. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026 But an analysis by STAT reveals that’s far from the whole story. John Wilkerson, STAT, 6 Feb. 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 17 Feb. 2026.

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