skewed
Example Sentences
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“The near-term outlook for Asian FX remains skewed to the downside unless there is a resolution” to the conflict, the strategists add.
It messed with our glamorous aviation industry; once, it skewed the odds at a beauty pageant because the planes flying contestants in from around Southern California to the Glendale airport couldn’t land in the smog.
From Los Angeles Times
That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.
From Los Angeles Times
So while the S&P 500 is overly concentrated, that concentration is skewed toward profitable companies, which is helping the index withstand some of the recent pressure seen across financial markets.
From MarketWatch
It added compensation figures often related to incidents from many years earlier and can be skewed by one or two high-value cases involving life-long care needs.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
