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
Investors are betting on peace — but they’re not looking at the whole picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I searched for a long time for the missing piece of the puzzle to identify the compositions -- now the whole picture is clear," Wollny said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
“You’re almost tricking the audience, where they’re looking at the whole picture, and you’re able to seed things and tease things and make them paranoid about where they should be looking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
She said she wasn’t going to use the whole picture.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
