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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Designed by Gerald Genta as a reaction to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak, the Nautilus 3700 came out in 1976 and was, by all accounts, not popular.
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Justin Worland, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Designed by Gerald Genta as a reaction to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak, the Nautilus 3700 came out in 1976 and was, by all accounts, not popular.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
After marrying a president and becoming an Assad the by all accounts dazzling Syrian First Lady vowed to use her analytical and business skills to change the image of Syria, inside and out.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Since then, as the war intensified, the prison became, by all accounts, even more terrible.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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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 31 Dec. 2024.
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