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Definition of skew verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

skew

verb

NAmE//skyu//

[transitive] skew somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they skew

he / she / it skews

past simple skewed

-ing form skewing

to change or influence something with the result that it is not accurate, fair, normal, etc. to skew the statistics

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