Synonyms for skew
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1. skew, skewedverb

   having an oblique or slanting direction or position

   "the picture was skew"

   Synonyms:
   skewed

   Antonyms:
   vertical, horizontal, perpendicular, line up, aline, adjust, align

2. skewverb

   turn or place at an angle

   "the lines on the sheet of paper are skewed"

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, perpendicular, vertical, line up, adjust, align, aline

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1. • Reorient

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1. List of paraphrases for "skew":

   bias, distort, distortion

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1. Quincy Krosby:

   Low volume is fairly standard at this time of the year and August tends to be a very choppy month, if you have low volumes, it could skew the market in any direction, and that's what you have today.

2. Paul Lipson:

   Our primary voters in the district skew older and slightly, every so slightly more socially conservative than you might expect in such a thoroughly Democratic district.

3. Mike Tildesley:

   You may see a skew in the age distribution of cases ; as you get higher levels of vaccination in the elderly, you're more likely to see younger people getting infected, i mean, it's not going to increase the number in that age group to compensate, but it may be that you see an increased proportion.

4. Robby Mook:

   In the terrain of Super Tuesday it's not just winning people of color, it's dominating, no one is going to dominate women -- it's not going to happen. You might do better with college-educated folks, some candidates will skew slightly female. Where there is potential for somebody to dominate is with African Americans.

5. Mandy Xu:

   For the S&P, using one month options, skew is in the 95th percentile.