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skewskew /skjuː/ verb [transitive] skewOrigin: 1300-1400 Old North French escuer ‘to avoid’ VERB TABLEskew |
Present | I, you, we, they | skew | | he, she, it | skews | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skewed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skewed | | he, she, it | has skewed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skewed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skew | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skewed |
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Present | I | am skewing | | he, she, it | is skewing | | you, we, they | are skewing | Past | I, he, she, it | was skewing | | you, we, they | were skewing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skewing | | he, she, it | has been skewing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skewing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skewing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skewing |
- Some samples were handled improperly, which could have skewed the results.
- As 1968 dawned and events accelerated Jones's politics began to skew from those of his co-founders.
- For one thing, especially if the sample is relatively small, unlikely events can skew the sample.
- He said evidence was stored and handled improperly, potentially skewing results.
- Is television scaring our kids, engendering violent behavior, skewing their morals and generally eroding the aesthetic standards of Western civilization?
- Nationalist politics often favor local companies over outside media giants, skewing competition for new licenses.
- Politics can often skew decisions that should be taken on their merits.
- The insurance aspects of Social Security also skew the returns.
- We feel that this may skew any long-term investment planning for sport.
1if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects them, making them incorrect: All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures.2to affect or influence someone’s ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in a way that makes the ideas etc not correct or fair: These assumptions about Communism skewed American foreign policy for decades. |