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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However, after the study was published, other researchers found that economic data from one country—Uzbekistan—during a short time from 1995 to 1999 had skewed the results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
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
Mr. Feiner overhauled the selection of federal building designs, eliminating the copious red tape that had skewed the process in favor of established firms with entire departments trained in navigating the bureaucratic morass.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 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
