skewed
Example Sentences
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Two minutes later Ferran Torres seemed certain to score at the other other end when clean through with only Robert Sanchez to beat but he skewed wide.
From Barron's
When the third goal went in, Slot's substitutions meant his team was skewed heavily towards attacking with Mac Allister short of defensive midfield partners.
From BBC
A nation that declared independence on the premise that men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” finds its own existential premise skewed and even contradicted if rights are granted otherwise.
Most warned that the results could be skewed by unmeasured factors, known as confounders, such as family genetics or parental health differences.
From Science Daily
In the president’s skewed accounting ledger, the gatekeepers at the global country club who don’t want him as a member must be made to pay.
From Salon
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