'display the ability' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to express someone's ability to do something. For example: "She is displaying the ability to master complex tasks quickly."
But if grown in a laboratory dish, the germ cells display the ability of the embryonic cells to generate all the tissues of the body.
He also has poor sideline awareness and did not display the ability to drag his foot on receptions near the sideline.
Getting the ball to start the second half, the Dolphins continue to display the ability to move it down the field.
Greene averaged 17.5 points a game, but he too often settled for jump shots and, despite being 6 feet 11 inches, did not display the ability to score inside consistently.
For example, a luxury gift is a way to display the ability to pay (Wong and Ahuvia 1998, 13).
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As a college sophomore, he led the nation in total offense, averaging more than 400 yards a game and displaying the ability to play through injuries.
Not only did he have the wisdom to lay up on 18, but he also displayed the ability to make his decision pay off.
He plays a physical game, already displaying the ability to use his body to shield defenders -- when he is not outrunning or outjumping them.
Blount also displayed the ability to block out distractions like a lawsuit filed by Mo Sanginiti, Blount's former Amateur Athletic Union coach and guardian when he lived in Dobbs Ferry.
When young Nat (Tony Espinosa) displays the ability to read, Elizabeth — who is humane yet filled with racist prejudices — brings him to the house and becomes his teacher, raising him to read and learn the Bible, and only the Bible.
