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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Example Sentences

Ballmer steadfastly denies arranging the deal between Aspiration and Leonard, who by all accounts performed no duties for Aspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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

He was, by all accounts, acting as a Good Samaritan, trying to break up the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

“TPU is by all accounts a solid alternative, and one that has meaningfully contributed to several key models.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Although Lavoisier himself was by all accounts mild and fair-minded, the company he worked for was neither.

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