whole picture

Example Sentences

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Investors are betting on peace — but they’re not looking at the whole picture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"The whole picture looks a lot different from what we knew at that time."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 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

If you invest your early benefits, look at the whole picture.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

It was as if she had glanced at a pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces and saw the whole picture without even consulting the box.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng