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whole story









NOUN
what's what
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“They don’t feel bad about the country when told the whole story, and they’re grateful that they have access to the information.”

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Your DNA is far from the whole story.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

And my publisher actually limited my word count, so I couldn’t tell the whole story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The 4.92% yield on the 10-year Treasury doesn’t tell the whole story.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

David’s name has come up before, but Soheil doesn’t know the whole story about how Jake is helping me.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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