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The phrase "stay of execution" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a temporary delay in carrying out a sentence, especially a death sentence. For example, "The prisoner was granted a stay of execution while his lawyers tried to appeal the sentence."
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Stay of execution granted Aug. 23.
But unions and environment campaigners warned that this could not just be a "stay of execution".
It merely offers a stay of execution.
But Marius II has been granted a stay of execution.
But how much use is this stay of execution?
Will its extraordinary popularity overseas provide a stay of execution?
Once again we're going to get a stay of execution.
"All this does is a stay of execution.
But that is a stay of execution, not a pardon.
For Scheherazade, storytelling is, literally, a stay of execution.
Someone had handed them a stay of execution.
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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.

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