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: distorted from a true value or symmetrical form
problematic polling methods that resulted in skewed data
… a series of orange and yellow skewed shapes with mesh squares of different sizes …—
Natalie Savino
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: deviating from what is normal, direct, or accurate
The treatment will later attempt to correct the anorexic's skewed [=distorted] perceptions about her body.—Daniel Goleman
Daniel GolemanMore broadly, some critics argue our über-emphasis on sports shows a skewed set of priorities.—Kase Wickman et al.
Kase Wickman et al.This issue of control, and of the price paid for following the sometimes skewed road leading toward self-invention, is among the themes now being grappled with by Mary Harron …—The New Yorker
The New YorkerAllowing even for my invariably skewed sense of direction, and the dark and sinuous roads that had delivered me to my door the night before, navigating the property is a challenge.—Nancy Novogrod
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Instead, government intervention skewed incentives at post-secondary institutions and the underlying value of a degree became separated from the financial likelihood of repaying one’s loan.
—Brian Curcio, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Weird data: Some economists say that CPI data is skewed and can paint a false picture of how high inflation currently is.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
And Russia is now a postmodern autocracy that can brandish Putin’s still sky-high approval ratings (however skewed) and his inevitable re-election (however undemocratic) as a sign of legitimacy and unquestionable public support for the war.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
And in 2022, Meta, which owns Facebook, restricted a tool called CrowdTangle that journalists and researchers had used to show which posts were most popular — often with embarrassing, odd or politically skewed results — after executives said the tool was unrepresentative of normal use.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
And that was in a relatively low-turnout primary that skewed Republican.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
Without a word said about politics, Haghighi conjures, in a skewed but implacably authentic Tehran filled with violence and deceit, an endemic knowingness—a sure awareness of essential truths, regardless of how mighty the forces of illusion may be.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
Astronomers had seen these skewed orbits, which Raymond’s group and other researchers interpreted as scars of past interplanetary trauma.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
The comparatively low turnout on Tuesday likely skewed Republican.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
Brian Curcio, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Weird data: Some economists say that CPI data is skewed and can paint a false picture of how high inflation currently is.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
And Russia is now a postmodern autocracy that can brandish Putin’s still sky-high approval ratings (however skewed) and his inevitable re-election (however undemocratic) as a sign of legitimacy and unquestionable public support for the war.
—Nathan Hodge, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
And in 2022, Meta, which owns Facebook, restricted a tool called CrowdTangle that journalists and researchers had used to show which posts were most popular — often with embarrassing, odd or politically skewed results — after executives said the tool was unrepresentative of normal use.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
And that was in a relatively low-turnout primary that skewed Republican.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
Without a word said about politics, Haghighi conjures, in a skewed but implacably authentic Tehran filled with violence and deceit, an endemic knowingness—a sure awareness of essential truths, regardless of how mighty the forces of illusion may be.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
Astronomers had seen these skewed orbits, which Raymond’s group and other researchers interpreted as scars of past interplanetary trauma.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2023
The comparatively low turnout on Tuesday likely skewed Republican.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Skewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skewed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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