the whole picture
Example Sentences
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"Heart rate does not tell you the whole picture of what's happening," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Of course, this is far from the whole picture.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
But purpose alone doesn’t capture the whole picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
They try their best to fit it into models, but things are spiraling out so quickly that many climate models fail to capture the whole picture or accurately predict how our world is changing.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
I saw the whole picture once, in a book.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
