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'postpone the inevitable' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where someone is trying to delay the occurrence of an event that is unavoidable. For example, "After months of trying to raise enough money, their attempts to postpone the inevitable were unsuccessful and they had to close the business."
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Studies have shown that when doctors don't know a patient's wishes, they are inclined to use every possible procedure and medication to try to postpone the inevitable.
How long, she asked, must doctors postpone the inevitable death?
On the other, the government's reversal seems to only postpone the inevitable.
"Hadn't you better close the door?" Mike said, one last desperate attempt to postpone the inevitable.
His conversation was more about the next generation than his own, about conserving energy to postpone the inevitable farewell tour.
Even those who supported the rescue of GM and Chrysler wondered whether it would simply postpone the inevitable.
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It's just postponing the inevitable".
That only postpones the inevitable crash.
But they are just postponing the inevitable.
It looks like I just postponed the inevitable.
They are just postponing the inevitable crisis of credibility".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com