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Yes or the chi-square distribution with k=1 or 2 or any other of the gamma distributions[1] with the right parameters will have a shape that is one-sided with the mode at the lower extreme and no "low tail" in the normal sense.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_distribution or https://stats.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Probability_Theory/...



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