the whole picture

Example Sentences

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The review also notes that "staff had a poor or partial understanding of the whole picture".

From BBC • May 20, 2026

City Councilmember Nithya Raman came out ahead of incumbent Karen Bass in a new poll on the Los Angeles mayor’s race, though the poll’s director cautioned that it did not give the whole picture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

If you invest your early benefits, look at the whole picture.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

New inflation data will help Fed officials, but it doesn’t provide the whole picture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

If my hand had shaken even a tiny bit, it would have ruined the whole picture.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt