skew
verb (used with object)
to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
had skewed
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past perfectof skew.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“From the outset the midnight sun had skewed the case,” Ms. Stevens recalls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Coverage had skewed much more negatively in the past three years relative to economic fundamentals, a Brookings Institution analysis found.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024
Senior analyst Jonathan Sims, who wrote the CTI report, said the findings showed how the global gas market over the last two years had skewed British power prices.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2023
Jobindex, one of the 23 critics three years ago, said Google had skewed what had been a highly competitive Danish market towards itself via anticompetitive means.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2022
She were more worritted that night on account of two-three her chickens bein' drowned, for the flood had skewed their old hen-house round on her postes.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
