ever

[ev-er] / ˈɛv ər /

ADVERB

always, at any time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consistently constantly continually forever regularly usually

WEAK

anytime at all at all times at any point by any chance endlessly eternally everlastingly evermore for keeps in any case in perpetuum incessantly invariably on any occasion perpetually relentlessly till cows come home to the end of time unceasingly unendingly

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Is it ever too late for a second chance?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Fernandes breaks assists record - is he most creative Premier League player ever?

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Said Mira Costa coach Andy Diver: “Very special player. Most polished freshman I have ever seen.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

“Today we celebrate the greatest story ever told, the foundation of our faith, and the abiding hope of all mankind,” read the opening sentence of the Easter email.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

He merely hid his appearance and never opened up to anyone and believed that if he ever died, he’d belong in a realm of eternal suffering.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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