Example Sentences

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The company expects revenue for the year will be relatively more weighted to the second half of the year, and now expects profitability will skew slightly towards the first half.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Given that life expectancies reflect averages for a population, a high number of deaths at very young ages will skew calculations of life expectancy at birth toward younger ages.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2022

Another crazy off-season of retirements, trades and signings in the offing will skew those numbers for next season, and teams who lack a great quarterback will again hatch plots to acquire one.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022

The trade-off has been so magnificent that the Seahawks know by now the benefits will skew to the positive side, even if there are a few headaches along the way.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2015

Do one of them; this of itself will skew thee ten others which can and shall be done.

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas