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all things considered

ADJECTIVE
considering
Synonyms
STRONG
seeing
WEAK
all in all as as long as because everything being equal for forasmuch as in consideration of in light of in view of inasmuch as insomuch as now pending since taking into account
ADVERB
altogether
Synonyms
STRONGEST
en masse generally
STRONG
all
WEAK
all in all all told bodily by and large collectively conjointly everything considered everything included for the most part in all in sum in toto on the whole taken together
Antonyms
WEAK
incompletely partly

Example Sentences

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Call them pollyannaish but attitudes on Wall Street are relatively optimistic, all things considered.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

“It’s not easy to farm in an urban environment,” Owens said, but all things considered, the work is pretty wonderful.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

I felt pretty comfortable on the privacy front, all things considered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Apple’s partnership with Major League Soccer, which now puts every game on a special paywalled product within Apple TV+, has been pretty good for MLS, all things considered.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

Lana couldn’t complain, all things considered, she was glad that she had let Darlene and Jones talk her into pennitting Darlene to perform.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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