the whole story
Example Sentences
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“It should tell the whole story of a nation, including the good and the bad, so Museum visitors can understand the development that led our nation to where it is today.”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Your DNA is far from the whole story.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Scientists at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht now say that this temperature threshold does not tell the whole story.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The robust reading of the ISM poll, however, fails to tell the whole story.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
My mother never sat me down and told me the whole story of her life in Transkei.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
