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as in to tilt
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 to influence
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 skew
One of the lower teams is the Utah Hockey Club, which can only count unobstructed seats toward attendance figures, skewing their number.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
But in cities like Detroit, New York and Seattle, temperatures are expected to skew a little colder than average.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Check writers generally skew older and are likely at the margins of the banking community, according to Anchin.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
In Bergamo, where fashion skews a little more country club and preppy, people are already wearing white wide-leg denim pants paired with navy blazers to enjoy a spritz in the sun.
—Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
But in cities like Detroit, New York and Seattle, temperatures are expected to skew a little colder than average.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Check writers generally skew older and are likely at the margins of the banking community, according to Anchin.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
In Bergamo, where fashion skews a little more country club and preppy, people are already wearing white wide-leg denim pants paired with navy blazers to enjoy a spritz in the sun.
—Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skew
Verb
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Instead, Laurie tilts even further into vulnerability.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 Apr. 2025
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Alas, Android got there first; AI is now tilted towards Google's approach.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Yet the case stands to influence legal challenges to the Liberation Day tariffs, too, because the President relied on the same mechanism for both the earlier and more recent tariff announcements, declaring a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, of 1977.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Not so long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Alfonso Cuarón was unintentionally influencing the future of the Star Wars franchise.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In conversation, de Moraes often veers between jokes and brusque legal assertions.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Densely plotted and emotional without veering into Shondaland melodrama, The Pitt follows a single 15-hour shift in an emergency department in Pittsburgh, 24 style.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Importantly, beliefs about risk are subjective and are biased by political perspectives.—
Zachary Russell,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Trump and other Republicans have been critical of VOA for some time, claiming the outlet is biased against conservatives in its coverage, which is broadcasted in nearly 50 languages.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2025
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Sitting at 4-under par and just over the green on the par 5 at No. 15, McIlroy chipped back onto the sloping surface and the ball rolled across the green and into the water.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Moving forward, caretakers also hope to add additional accessibility features, like sloping ramps and more flat areas with mats.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the motion, Mangione's legal team contends that Bondi's public statements have prejudiced any potential jury who could decide their client's fate.—
Ben Brachfeld,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Norton defined his project as a challenge to prejudice against gay people and their work.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Brit, still processing, clocks that Kenya was angling for a full-on meltdown, trying to provoke her into playing the aggressor.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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Floating vanity mirrors are angled to reflect the hillside beyond.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Unlike in dictatorships, this tends to involve not overt methods like book burning but quieter techniques such as co-opting media company shareholders to slant their coverage or using limited censorship supposedly designed to fight extremism or child pornography.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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From then on, the field was slanted in favor of Alvarez.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Skew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skew. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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