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"is only ever" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
This phrase is often used to show that something always happens in a certain way, and nothing else can happen. For example, "This is the only way to ever solve the problem."
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is only ever
adverb
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
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He is only ever unwittingly funny.
This action is only ever taken as a last resort.
"Until that point it is only ever speculation".
Power is only ever other people's belief in it.
As if good storytelling is only ever about satisfying denouement.
Sleep is only ever given to the innocent.
"But this is only ever a harmful mirage.
War is only ever a very last resort for us.
Putting a dog down is only ever taken as a last resort.
Aid is only ever a supportive measure to the more important structural changes required.
But our current institutional framework is only ever a provisional outcome of prior political struggles.
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