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skew

[skyoo] / skju /


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Odds of such a skew occurring by chance are about 1 in 6.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 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

The theory behind it is how it separates teams on the result of the match between them, filtering out potentially big scorelines from other matches which can skew goal difference.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

I ask, using an editing app to clone, enlarge, flip, skew, and totally mutate his picture until he looks like some bizarre freakoid.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

It is notably different from the men's game, which skews male and older.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 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

That shift leaves Kering more exposed than rivals such as Hermès or Chanel, whose clientele skews further upmarket.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

As I watch, a small explosion flashes from the launch port and one shuttle dock rail skews to one side, while the other completely detaches.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

“This apparent standoff between the bulls and the bears reflects short-term temperature outlooks that are only slightly skewed in a bullish direction,” Ritterbusch & Associates says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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

His hair has been combed hard to one side, and his loose cotton shirt has bunched up behind his shoulders so that his collar is skewed.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The updated L9 is off to a solid start, attracting about 10,000 orders in its first two weeks, with demand skewing toward higher-end variants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

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

Notably, independent voters’ views on immigration are skewing more in line with Democrats’, according to the poll.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Experts said that YouGov's methodology - gathering data from volunteers who received cash rewards for their time - left it vulnerable to "bogus respondents" skewing the data.

From BBC Mar. 26, 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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