whole story

noun

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

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The whole story is this unbelievably wide variety of people who improbably come together. NBC news, 5 July 2026 And getting the story right necessitates telling the whole story, not only from the perspective of a George Washington, but from the perspective of somebody who worked in that house. Deena Zaru, ABC News, 4 July 2026 Today, the official count in our solar system stands at eight, as the debate continues over whether that number tells the whole story. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 1 July 2026 Race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, class, disability and geography don’t line up in perfect political harmony, and each social marker tells only a fraction of the whole story. Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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