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 This pale purple polish has a hint of pink that prevents the color from skewing chalky. —

Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026 Some box office pundits showed the female-skewing film coming in between $33 million and $35 million for the four days after not-so-great reviews, a B CinemaScore and solid, but not spectacular, exit polls conducted by PostTrak. —

Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026 The question — how frontloaded is this young, female skewing movie going to be? —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026 The Frenchman fluffed his lines in the first half, skewing wide on his left foot when well placed in front of goal, and also saw an almost apologetic effort blocked shortly before Bournemouth’s equaliser. —

Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Income, location, frailty, and more could bias certain patients towards a morning or afternoon time, skewing the results of retrospective studies. —

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 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

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Its tilting head allows easier access to the stainless steel bowl while whipping up your favorite recipe, and the 10 speeds can handle even the stickiest of doughs.

— Brittany VanDerBill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump himself appointed three of the sitting nine justices during his first term, tilting the court to the right for a generation.

— Brian Bennett, Time, 20 Feb. 2026