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skew

[skyoo] / skju /


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Gomez-Cardona said the data show that average healthcare spending remains relatively stable because many retirees incur modest costs, while a smaller share of retirees face exceptionally large medical expenses that skew the distribution.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Volkswagen’s operational skew toward its home territory is also a challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Those numbers are merely going to skew further.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Because all monitored newsletters pay the same flat fee, my firm has no incentive to skew any newsletter’s returns better or worse than another.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

He saw Eril-Fane look at it, too, and shudder again and skew his gaze away.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The audience Kalshi is attracting is different from its typical trader base, which skews heavily toward males.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

For the newer builds—post-2009, most of which have roofs—it’s closer to 40%, or 48% if you strip out SoFi, which was fully privately financed and skews the numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

But it’s consistent with a growing body of research in the behavioral economics field showing how our mood skews our decision-making.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

Russell is sanguine about that, and points out that the fact that Mercedes are dominating somewhat skews the dynamic of the contest.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

It doesn’t diminish her 20/20 vision, only skews it a bit.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

They are eyeing “whether the BOJ upgrades its growth outlook, and whether it continues to view inflation risks as skewed to the upside,” the senior market analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Core PCE strips out food and energy, but it can still be skewed by a handful of unusually large price moves.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

"Our guys wanted to start the game fast. The stadium felt like a home game but all of this energy skewed our risk management," Barry said.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

He said the pope risked seeing "a completely skewed reality" if he met only with victims assisted by the Repara project of the archdiocese of Madrid.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

Bobby’s recollection of a homogenous cast of “old men” was probably skewed by his child’s perspective at the time.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Since the indexes are weighted by market cap, migrations prevent large companies from dramatically skewing the performance of indexes meant for smaller companies.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

This is skewing the division of the economic pie between capital and labor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

From a tactical standpoint, the setup suggests the risk/reward is skewing toward a near term bounce rather than renewed downside.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

Hackett says that opt-in polling companies can be victim to "bogus respondents", skewing their data.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

I braced my feet farther apart when it felt like the ground was skewing to the left.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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