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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Although Walz met with some of the nurses, by all accounts the Mayo ultimatum became the final word on the matter. —

Max Nesterak, ProPublica, 31 Oct. 2024 But outside of Bryan Price stepping down as the team’s pitching coach—a move that, by all accounts, was entirely the coach’s call—Posey has made no appreciable moves. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024 And by all accounts, the world took him up on that suggestion. —

Lilian Raji, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 The company was spun out of Johnson & Johnson in May 2023, which by all accounts seemed like a smart move by management as the consumer health sector lacked synergies with J&J’s core competencies of pharma and medtech. —

Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for by/from all accounts

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