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The phrase "able to delay" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing someone's capability or capacity to postpone or defer something.
Example: "She is able to delay the meeting until next week if necessary."
Alternatives: "capable of postponing" or "able to defer".
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But it may not be able to delay forever.
He may be able to delay answering those questions for some time, but not forever.
"They don't have to go to nursing homes, or they're better able to delay going".
Residents and businesses will be able to delay tax payments until June 2008.
Nor will they any longer be able to delay approval of his judicial nominees.
Yet the company was able to delay making repairs without breaking any rules.
However, you will be able to delay ejaculation if you can learn to identify your "point of no return".
They are able to delay gratification, which shows self-control – a characteristic thought to be only human.
Mr Thaksin should also be able to delay for years any moves to extradite him, and perhaps thwart them altogether.
His lawyer, Diego Velazquez, was able to delay a hearing on the foreclosure last week and is in negotiations with Mr. Lamb's lender.
By doing so, she was able to delay a pledge not to accept so-called soft-money spending by Democratic committees.
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