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

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

And by all accounts, Hencely had a strong claim against Fluor.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 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

There was Bree-blood in the Brandybucks by all accounts.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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