SKEWING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

skewing

verb

present participle of skew

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 That amount of time is actually similar to most tenure lengths in the 1980s and 90s, though that is likely because of an aging workforce skewing the statistics somewhat, as older employees tend to stay in their roles for longer. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 May 2026 Sure, that 51-point win in Game 6 in the Hawks is skewing that average a bit, but there are two other wins by 30 or more points in that run and six of the seven wins were by at least 14. —

Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Notably, independent voters’ views on immigration are skewing more in line with Democrats’, according to the poll. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Granted those are both male-skewing movies versus Devil Wears Prada 2 which is female, meaning attendance could be frontloaded for the sequel this weekend. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 May 2026 If your palette is skewing more English Garden than primary colors, these are a great pick. —

Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 26 Apr. 2026 NBCUniversal, like other Big Four network parent companies, is experimenting to find the optimal ways to cross-promote and cross-pollinate its biggest franchises across the NBC broadcast mothership and Peacock’s younger-skewing audience. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026 Their 50-day moving average recently slid below the longer-term 200-day moving average, forming a bearish pattern called a death cross, which typically signals that momentum is skewing toward a decline in the stock price. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Matchmaking may be old-school, but these days its clientele is skewing younger and more diverse. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026

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Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Russia fired more than 1,500 drones against Ukraine over successive nights after a brief ceasefire, though the war appears to be tilting in Kyiv’s favor.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 May 2026