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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Now a hamstring injury has hampered him during the draft process, and his individual workout on Monday was a mixed bag by all accounts. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025 And, by all accounts, travelers are increasingly looking to discover them. Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025 Ovechkin is easy to like, though, by all accounts a terrific teammate. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025 High up in that treehouse, so far away from anything but the snakes, hawks, coyotes and other creatures that called this land home, Kilmer could take flight and escape the Hollywood noise that had turned the gifted artist into, by all accounts, a difficult presence at times. Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for by/from all accounts

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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 24 Apr. 2025.

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