by all accounts

Idioms  

1. Also, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of “a particular report or description of some event.” [Late 1700s]

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by all accounts

From youth McCarthy had, by all accounts, exceptional observation skills and intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was a rare chance to acquire an iconic sports brand, and by all accounts, timing was everything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Even though she was, by all accounts, struggling to do so.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

The two-week truce is by all accounts fragile, and there is little evidence that the critical Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil typically passes, has reopened.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

Hutton was by all accounts a man of the keenest insights and liveliest conversation, a delight in company, and without rival when it came to understanding the mysterious slow processes that shaped the Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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