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as in tilting
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 influencing
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 skewing
Income, location, frailty, and more could bias certain patients towards a morning or afternoon time, skewing the results of retrospective studies.
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Angus Chen, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
County residents are skewing older, too, and fewer of them are children.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Pepsi has for decades taken pokes at rival Coke in an endless array of commercials, but this time, the youth-skewing cola company really means business.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
The female focus of Tigelaar’s work fits into the new Paramount+ regime’s push for more female-skewing drama series to balance out the Taylor Sheridan slate.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
In terms of trailer play, Melania isn’t skewing conservative and is instead targeting older females, playing before such films as The Housemaid.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
How can the sport survive with a handful of teams skewing the free agent market with contracts that most Major League Baseball owners are unwilling to match?
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
That transfer is skewing luxury buyers younger and reinforcing real estate’s role as a long-term, tangible place to park wealth.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
Not allowing the media to infantilize women when reporting on women’s health by skewing the risk data.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 18 Dec. 2025
Angus Chen, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
County residents are skewing older, too, and fewer of them are children.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Pepsi has for decades taken pokes at rival Coke in an endless array of commercials, but this time, the youth-skewing cola company really means business.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
The female focus of Tigelaar’s work fits into the new Paramount+ regime’s push for more female-skewing drama series to balance out the Taylor Sheridan slate.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
In terms of trailer play, Melania isn’t skewing conservative and is instead targeting older females, playing before such films as The Housemaid.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
How can the sport survive with a handful of teams skewing the free agent market with contracts that most Major League Baseball owners are unwilling to match?
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
That transfer is skewing luxury buyers younger and reinforcing real estate’s role as a long-term, tangible place to park wealth.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
Not allowing the media to infantilize women when reporting on women’s health by skewing the risk data.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skewing
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Inside the administration, the balance of power appears to be tilting away from the noninterventionists and toward the hawks — at least, for now.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The court’s four liberal justices at the time joined him over the other conservative justices’ dissents; Trump has since appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tilting the court further in conservatives’ favor.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
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Housing, too, is a challenge with demand for vacation homes and rental properties influencing the market.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Low snowpack meant reduced runoff across major watersheds, influencing water availability for agriculture, cities, and ecosystems downstream.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In Paris, Boubalé also plays around with its spritz for the winter by veering away from the drink’s bitterness and citrus-forward profile.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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If your brand of romance is veering a touch moodier (or nonexistent) this year, why not exchange pale pink for a soft baby blue?—
Calin Van Paris,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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While not feasible in all work settings, adopting a practice of removing personal information about gender and other potentially biasing characteristics can increase fair and consistent performance evaluations.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The cars were situated on a little plateau, almost a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by downward sloping terrain.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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The interior dining room, divided into two levels and connected by a slowly sloping ramp, could at first cynical glance register as backdrop.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The ridges all lean the same way, slanting and curving in from the lower left of the frame, which ESA noted reflects the direction of the prevailing wind in this region.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Worse, slanting political lines so that one party or the other is guaranteed victory only widens the gulf that has helped turn Washington’s into its current slough of dysfunction.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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