whole picture
Example Sentences
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Within about half an hour, the whole picture had dramatically changed.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"But what we saw was a real dichotomy between the weather on both sides of the planet, and huge differences in cloud coverage, and that changes our whole picture of the planet."
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
So forming a whole picture of who this character was was really important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
But purpose alone doesn’t capture the whole picture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
“Things are different now. It’s like the whole picture thing happened to two other people.”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
