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
The review also notes that "staff had a poor or partial understanding of the whole picture".
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
“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
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
