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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

It is hard to make a call without knowing who will play but, all things considered, the most likely outcome is probably a draw.

From BBC • May 8, 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

They were all smiles; all things considered, it had gone very smoothly.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel