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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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 • Mar. 19, 2026

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 • Mar. 19, 2026

As long as transit through Hormuz remains constrained and regional infrastructure continues to be targeted, risks to oil prices are likely to remain skewed to the upside.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

At that time—and in many ways it is still true—the public was given at best a very limited and horribly skewed idea of what nuclear war would be like.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen