The phrase "avert delay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions taken to prevent or minimize a delay in a process or event.
Example: "To ensure the project stays on schedule, we must take proactive measures to avert delay."
Alternatives: "prevent delay" or "avoid delay".
A14 Airline Acts to Cut Delays United Airlines has issued an operational emergency order requiring mechanics at Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Washington to work overtime if asked, to help avert delays and cancellations.
It may represent a last throw of the dice to avert or delay catastrophic climate change.
WHO's Global Influenza Preparedness Plan does not recommend travel bans because enforcement "is considered impractical," but a footnote adds that they "could be considered as an emergency measure to avert or delay a pandemic".
Time for the White House and Congress to reach a deal to avert or delay the so-called fiscal cliff is running out.
For men, universal embrace of this lifestyle could avert or delay 67% of cancer deaths and prevent 63% of new malignancies each year, researchers calculated.
In cytoprotective scenarios, autophagy may suppress, avert or delay cell death.
The optimum median consumption level for drinkers in the model was 5 g/day (about half a unit), which would avert or delay 4579 2544 to 65900) deaths per year.
Identifying the early stages of BP is important for prevention and early intervention strategies, which have been shown to be successful in early psychosis and can avert or delay the transition from clinically ultra-high-risk conditions to a full psychotic disorder (McGorry et al., 2009).
For many carers of people with dementia, admission to hospital cannot be avoided for their relatives, meaning that they are trapped in the 'purchase' of a service with which they are dissatisfied, leading to the later stages of the cycle of discontent, and the reported attempts to avert or delay hospital admission.
By examining risk factors that are associated with early structural hip changes such as reduced cartilage volume and the presence of cartilage defects, it may be possible to better understand early pathological processes and develop interventions that aim to avert or delay the development and/or progression of hip OA.
