Mara Wilson

I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed image of me. I was playing a lot of cute characters, a lot of little girls; I was objectified. And I don't want people to think of me as that because it's not who I am, and because I've seen a lot of hostility towards that image.

American Writer

Dee Dee Myers

Even tax breaks that are supposed to help the middle class too often skew toward the wealthy. Consider the mortgage interest deduction. While political leaders in both parties have long considered it untouchable, it actually helps those at the top of the income scale far more than those at the bottom.

American Public Servant

Iain Stirling

I guess the argument is you chose to be in the public eye and, therefore, you're giving your life up for a certain level of scrutiny and you've got to accept that. The trade-off between being on 'Love Island' and not being on 'Love Island' is very skewed into the positive.

Scottish Comedian

Tessa Virtue

Women in figure skating, like in every other industry, are expected to conform to an unrealistic standard of beauty. Unhealthy habits are often encouraged to promote a thin frame, and young girls idealize a skewed definition of 'fit.

Canadian Athlete

Shawn Ryan

Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.

Marguerite Moreau

The story follows the whole family. But pretty much all the characters who are in jail have written a book about it, so you've got their perspective of it, however skewed they want you to see it.

American Actress

Kate Atkinson

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

English Author

Lauren Willig

My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

American Author

Janet Mock

We cannot and should not be reduced to just one sliver of ourselves, as it skews the truth of our lived experiences.

John Pinette

I would describe my comedy as my skewed comic perception of life.

Use 'skew' to describe objects misaligned from their intended position.

Physical Objects

'Skew' often implies a slight or subtle shift, not a dramatic one.

Subtle Misalignment

As an adjective, 'skew' describes visual misalignment you can see.

Visual Appearance

Be aware when 'skew' refers to biased presentation of information.

Subjectivity in News

Use 'skew' to encourage questioning the accuracy of presented facts or data.

Critical Thinking

A 'skew' can refer to abrupt changes, especially in motion or direction.

Unexpected Changes

Metaphorically, 'skew' can describe a change in someone's life path.

Figurative Use

In academics, 'skew' implies a distortion that affects research outcomes.

Research and Studies

Understanding 'skew' is crucial when evaluating graphs and statistics.

Data Interpretation

 And we all do this, and a lot of the stories that we live by aren't even our own. The first ones we inherit at a young age from our parents, who of course have their own skewed beliefs, their own frustrations, their own unlived lives. And for better or worse, we take all that onboard, and then we go out into the world

Mentalism, mind reading...

 But getting to your brain cells is tricky, and amino acids have to compete for limited access. A diet with a range of foods helps maintain a balanced combination of brain messengers, and keeps your mood from getting skewed in one direction or the other. Like the other organs in our bodies,

How the food you eat...

 So actually, the diagram is more skewed like this. And that tension exists between the layers of privilege in the diagram and the absolute privilege that people experience in society. And this has helped me to understand why some poor white men

An unexpected tool for...

 Embracing diversity became a way of life. Why have so many countries asked for these scholarships? First, they just don't have enough doctors, and where they do, their distribution is skewed against the poor, because our global health crisis

Gail Reed: Where to...

 have been told by people who look like this granted there's probably some fine historians in that bunch but history written from one perspective can be skewed and incomplete family stories can help counter the single narrative that

A genealogical journey PIPE...

 is in some ways skewed, as is that of the depth of the oceans or of the upper atmosphere. However, since systematic cave exploration started about one century ago, we know actually that caves exist in every continent of the world.

Deep Under the Earth's...

 are probably involved in crime themselves. By believing that somehow some people deserve to be murdered, otherwise good people allow ourselves to live in places where life chances are so deeply skewed.

A path to security for...

 on account of his controversial life choices. If you were to ask a troll supporter who she'll vote for, there’s a good chance that she’ll claim to support the treeman, skewing your results.

Can you solve the...

 Which do you think the babies preferred? Woman in The helping elephant. Dramatic. Dramatic! The preference rates dramatically skewed The babies at six months show

The Science of a Happy...

 they've been called urgently - scuse pen this is just to solder skews fracture has turned into an open wound - oh my

Skew

To make something not straight.

Often appears as...

Not straight, at an angle.

Often appears as...

To distort or twist the meaning of something.

Often appears as...

A sudden change in direction or position.

Often appears as...

To change or affect something inconsistently, especially in data analysis.

Often appears as...

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Subtle Misalignment

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