skew

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“Even so, the medium‑term setup and execution milestones skew the risk‑reward positively, supporting our buy rating,” Liani added.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Low-fat and fat-free versions tend to skew either watery or weirdly sweet in that diet-adjacent way; save those for smoothies or dressings, where the yogurt is a supporting actor, not the star.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Screwball humor often runs through the pieces; they indulge in abstraction and never skew didactic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Viewership is split proportionately by gender, race, and politics, but users skew younger and toward higher incomes.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

We didn’t want to skew the graph with new data, and so didn’t mention that Desdemona was actually seventy-one, not ninety-one, and that she always confused sevens with nines.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides