whole story

noun

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

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Gwaltney said the league’s assertion that 684 banks have closed in North Carolina doesn’t tell the whole story. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025 Before our meeting, Maryanne had never told her whole story all at once to anyone. Kristina Goetz, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025 Numbers such as production and assets don’t tell the whole story, especially when much of the data is self-reported. R.j. Shook, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 And then right after that, the whole story of Secret Wars really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men. Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Mar. 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 24 Apr. 2025.

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