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The phrase "only just been" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something has recently occurred or been completed.
Example: "I have only just been informed about the changes to the schedule."
Alternatives: "just recently been" or "only recently been".
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The show has only just been commissioned.
Such legislation has only just been drafted.
Contractors have only just been short-listed.
We'd only just been talking with them".
In the UK that milestone has only just been reached.
It has, in fact, only just been firmly abandoned.
Much of that detail has only just been made reportable.
The biggest banks there treat the internet as if it had only just been discovered.
But John Kerry's state campaign director has only just been appointed.
Several hard-hit areas have only just been reached by rescuers.
The finished product that the audience sees has truly only just been completed.
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