skew
verb (used with object)
to give an oblique direction to; shape, form, or cut obliquely.
has skewed
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present perfectof skew (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Blooms represents a new kind of product for Hasbro, whose aging up strategy so far has skewed toward male customers with offerings like premium Star Wars collectibles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The media focus on all those misses against Newcastle and Manchester United has skewed our perceptions of what has really gone on this season.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
And this bias has skewed public perceptions of crime and violence in the past, too.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
But the result has skewed Jynneos distribution away from some areas with the highest concentrations of monkeypox cases, such as New York, where the city’s vaccine-scheduling website has repeatedly crashed under demand.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
A large population has skewed data with a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 6.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
