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

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

The first integrity alert, by all accounts, did not come until June 2025 — more than two years into the alleged scheme — and was triggered by suspicious bets on a teammate, not Clase.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

When the hearing resumed, what followed was, by all accounts, a catastrophic embarrassment for the committee — one entirely of its own making.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

Everything about this is a gamble – and Beijing, by all accounts, hates to gamble.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

He was, in addition, by all accounts, morbidly melancholic, given to fits of severe depression.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri