by/from all accounts
idiom
: according to all of the different descriptions of something
By all accounts, the band put on a great show.
She was, by all accounts, good at her job.
They seemed, from all accounts, to have a happy marriage.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
And by all accounts, For Good will be far moodier and more intense than the first Wicked.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Aug. 2025
The policy and numbers rackets of the twenties and thirties became, by all accounts, something like a cult—or even a substitute religion—in Harlem.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Buc-ee’s is, by all accounts, a great place for weary travelers to grab a bite and take a break from the road.
—John W. Suthers, Denver Post, 30 July 2025
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“By/from all accounts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%2Ffrom%20all%20accounts. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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