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
Toyna Chin, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Rehearsing My Choir places the duo’s skewed indie-pop in communion with their grandma’s fascinating, fast-moving, and sometimes inscrutable recollections of American life between the 1920s and ’60s.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 5 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
In many organizations, the focus remains heavily skewed toward corporate branding rather than employer branding, a dynamic that can hinder long-term success in talent acquisition, engagement and retention.
—Toyna Chin, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Rehearsing My Choir places the duo’s skewed indie-pop in communion with their grandma’s fascinating, fast-moving, and sometimes inscrutable recollections of American life between the 1920s and ’60s.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 5 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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However, private organizations often lack regulatory mandates to enforce consistent practices, leading to uneven adoption of basic measures.Tony Bradley, Forbes, 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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Quarterback Derek Carr, sidelined for three games in October because of an oblique injury, has played well in consecutive victories over the Atlanta Falcons and Browns.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Injuries to several key players have hampered their production, including Nick Bosa missing the end of the Seattle game with a new oblique injury.Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Skewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skewed. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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