as in tilted
inclined or twisted to one side
he could see that the ropes had gotten all skewed in the collision
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as in veered
to depart from a straight line or course or from a middle position or value
A glitch caused the image on the screen to skew to one side. This show's viewers tend to skew a little older.
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as in influenced
to change (something) in a way that makes it unfair or inaccurate
The researchers tried to anticipate any problems that might skew the results of the study. Try not to let that one negative experience skew your opinion of the restaurant.
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Recent Examples of skewed
Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
Leaders who focus too much on themselves and too little on others will end up with a skewed and incomplete perspective.
—Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The audience skewed heavily female.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The auto-rotate feature and automatic background fill showcases photos seamlessly without any skewed photo positioning or awkward head cut-offs.
—Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
Leaders who focus too much on themselves and too little on others will end up with a skewed and incomplete perspective.
—Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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But by analyzing thousands of water measurements collected from 67P and identifying key processes that may have skewed prior results, the team of scientists, led by Kathleen Mandt of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, thrust Jupiter-family comets back to the forefront of Earth's story.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The audience skewed heavily female.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Blazy succeeds Virginie Viard, who exited Chanel last June after an uneven five-year tenure.WWD, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Increasingly popular renewable energy sources like wind and solar often produce uneven power supplies, creating peaks and valleys.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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The pardon was a political bombshell that Republicans have used to further President-elect Donald Trump's claims that the Justice Department has been weaponized against him and that the Biden family has been crooked for years.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Caravans of cars traveled from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Ohio to clinics here, loading up on pills and prescriptions from crooked doctors selling their prescription pads to anyone with so much as a hangnail.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
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Despite missing both of their top scorers — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner — due to oblique injuries, the Magic mucked the game up early and often.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Arch stepped in and started three games this season when Quinn Ewers got hurt and missed time with an oblique injury.Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Skewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skewed. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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