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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is both already the case and limited to a specific condition or quantity.
Example: "The project is already only halfway completed, which is concerning given the deadline."
Alternatives: "just already" or "merely already".
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But Amazon already only consumes a portion of Bezos's attention.
(Already, only about a quarter of the Food Hub's produce comes from farms within the Intervale).
That last hurdle may require more compromises in a document that is already only half-satisfactory.
Some stallholders already only provide recycled bags or re-usable ones.
The economy already only "works" in the south-east; why not culture too?
And she insists that there will be no appreciable lessening of an autograph's authenticity, because writing is already only a distant cousin of thought.
Today's ITT, already only a piece of the original accumulation of businesses, has decided that it's still too much of a conglomerate.
Those workers are already only a step -- or a second family income -- from poverty, with wages of roughly $18,000 a year.
The Yankees signed Pettitte to a three-year contract last winter, but he was already only a year away from free agency.
Oh, and show off the East End, too, instead of the endless TV shots of landmarks the rest of the world are already only too familiar with.
Legal aid funding, already only available in a small number of personal injury cases, could be removed altogether under proposals currently being considered.
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