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skew

verb as in distort

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Soon, active Facebook users became their own market, and niche wine brands began skewing their advertising and packaging toward young mothers.

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Online reviews of insurance providers tend to skew negative because people typically only take the time to share bad experiences.

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Gabriel Attal, who leads Macron’s centrist party, faulted the president for appointing politically skewed prime ministers to lead budget negotiations rather than allowing political parties to reach an agreement beforehand.

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The government has slammed these as attempts to "manipulate public opinion" and "produce skewed results".

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Combined with last week’s cuts, however, the overall outcome would skew blue with funding slashed in 486 Democratic districts compared with 160 Republican ones.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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