whole story

collocation in English

meaningsofwholeandstory

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whole
adjective
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
complete or ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofwholeandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhole story

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However, this is not thewholestory.
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Numbers do not tell thewholestory.
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Yet this is not thewholestory.
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But this is not thewholestory.
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But is this thewholestory?
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Nevertheless, it is not thewholestory.
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This is not, however, thewholestory.
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This cannot be thewholestory, however.
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But was this thewholestory?
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These statistics, however, do not tell thewholestory.
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But this is not quite thewholestory.
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However, these main effects do not tell thewholestory.
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This may not be thewholestory, however.
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But this is still not thewholestory.
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But it does not tell thewholestory.
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But this may not be thewholestory.
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Transport costs and footloose behaviour are not thewholestory.
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However, shared public memories are not thewholestory.
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But percentages do not tell thewholestory.
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But this is clearly not thewholestory.
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But plainly it is not thewholestory.
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However, these essays are not thewholestory.
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Of course, this evidence might not tell thewholestory.
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But that is not thewholestory, by any means.
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However, this is not necessarily thewholestory.
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