Thank you so much, Amy and Jim. I perfectly understand that the usage I'm describing is highly dependent on context. That's why I tried to put my examples in a decent context. I also perfectly understand that often the present perfect is simply

From what I gather from thise post, American English people tend to use more the Simple Past with those adverbs, right? I think we use both. I recently took a trip to Chicago. I just got home. Did you eat yet? I already ate.

Yes, what Kooyeen posted was pretty much what I (and a vast number of students, probably British-oriented?) was taught in the early stages. With JUST, RECENTLY, YET, ALREADY you always need to use Present Perfect as it shows an action in the past

Goodman Why did you twist my message every time? When and where did I say such a thing like "just" and "already" are uncommon in BrE? I said to Daxiao (not to you!) that the use of such adverbs with the simple past tense is one of the features of