SKEWING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

skewing

verb

present participle of skew

as in tilting

to depart from a straight line or course or from a middle position or value A glitch caused the image on the screen to skew to one side. This show's viewers tend to skew a little older.

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as in influencing

to change (something) in a way that makes it unfair or inaccurate The researchers tried to anticipate any problems that might skew the results of the study. Try not to let that one negative experience skew your opinion of the restaurant.

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Recent Examples of skewing The maritime advisory anticipates the returns will keep skewing toward backhaul voyages as carriers test the route. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 And with the first day’s lineup skewing much more modern than Saturday’s 35th anniversary party for Fat Wreck Chords (which sold to Hopeless Records last year), the two nights brought out very different generations and sides of the genre. — Josh Chesler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Amid a mega £500M ($662M) savings drive that is leading to hundreds of layoffs, channel closures are expected as soon as later this week, with youth-skewing BBC Three understood to be in the firing line. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 These milestones can even been weeks apart, according to the Farmers' Almanac, skewing when the snow is first counted. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 It’s barely sweetened, so the crepes can cover multiple meals, skewing savory with a filling of melty cheese or cooked vegetables, or sweet, like this one, with jammy fruit. — Julia Sherman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 In some ways, Curley sees these values reflected in the average age of attendees at ARC, skewing more toward fans in their thirties and older, whereas Lolla, North Coast and Summer Smash garner much younger crowds. — Jessi Roti, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Popular drugs like GLP-1s, which receive heavy news coverage, also tend to generate more reports, potentially skewing the results. — Laura Bradley, HEALTH, 10 Aug. 2026 Abarca’s allegations Both Abarca’s accusations and the federal case against LeVota have to do with Jackson County legislators allegedly receiving monetary offers in exchange for skewing electoral outcomes. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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Technological dominance has been tilting toward Moscow of late, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia’s relentlessly modernizing war machine.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Hollywood’s center of gravity is increasingly tilting to the East Coast.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tilting

Verb

In the letter, Omar's attorneys accused the Justice Department of violating longstanding agency policy designed to avoid potentially influencing an election.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
El Niño occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become warmer than average, influencing atmospheric circulation and weather patterns worldwide.

— Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of influencing

Verb

Some are veering to the right by mirroring GOP positions, like transgender exclusion from school sports.

— Dorian Rhea Debussy, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The hurricane appeared to be veering away from the dense refining region in southern Louisiana near New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of veering

Verb

But in watermarking the text, AI systems readjust the probability of each of those possible words, biasing the model subtly in favor of some words over others.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Text watermarks work by biasing the model’s word choices in a pattern spread across the entire document, only detectable in aggregate by the right tool.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of biasing

Verb

Any normal mattress would’ve been an improvement over our current one, a sub-$300 queen-size nightmare of sloping sides and too-springy springs.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The brush was flattened and rivulets of water ran back toward the sound, which was now miraculously some 100 yards away down a sloping bank.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sloping

Verb

Their architect, Michael Lehrer, created a striking design with a butterfly roof slanting up in two directions from the center, zigzag walls and picture windows front and back.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
There have been many other variations of this, all usually slanting toward a heavy exposure to public equities.

— Christian Faes, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026

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