skewed
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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
“We now believe the risk/reward is more skewed to the downside,” Rodriguez wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
But the landscape of mental health, from research psychology to psychiatry, has since skewed, in some cases overwhelmingly, female.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
