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by all accounts

Idioms

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]

Example Sentences

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By all accounts, he has settled into life on Merseyside rapidly, moving into the house that was previously occupied by Luis Diaz.

From BBC

They by all accounts had a pretty chummy relationship.

From Slate

He’s testing an electronic gadget over in Hut 1, an ingenious invention by all accounts.

From Literature

By all accounts, including the video evidence, Alex Pretti was a law-abiding, good guy with a gun, who stepped in to protect an unarmed woman from an assault.

From Slate

By all accounts, prices already have.

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