whole story

noun

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

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But education and work hours don’t tell the whole story. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024 Last year, her documentary Let the Canary Sing told the whole story of her career. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024 One of his final acts was to record the whole story in his memoirs. Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024 Read the whole story Pipeline & Deal Updates Pain Management: The FDA has approved Roxybond, an oxycodone pill from Protega Pharmaceuticals that has been designed to prevent crushing, cutting or other forms of manipulation to mitigate the risk of it being abused. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 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 1 Dec. 2024.

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