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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old North French; Origin: escuer 'to avoid']
if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects the results, making them incorrect
::All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures.
to affect or influence someone's ideas, actions, or judgment, especially in a way that makes the ideas etc not correct or fair
::These assumptions about Communism skewed American foreign policy for decades.