as in head
the place of leadership or command
She was at the helm when the company went through its most significant period of growth.
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Recent Examples of helm
Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
With the legendary coach at its helm, BU served as a springboard for Sullivan, Quinn and Sacco to each have decades-long hockey careers as players and coaches.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Modi’s refusal to kowtow to US pressure plays to his political brand built around the image of a strong leader helming an India that is focused on its own interests on the world stage.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Maybe with a more daring hand on the helm, our voyage wouldn’t have run out of suspense before the conclusion.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
With the legendary coach at its helm, BU served as a springboard for Sullivan, Quinn and Sacco to each have decades-long hockey careers as players and coaches.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
Jelinek, who portrayed supporting character Jay (a bully who, alongside actor Larry Bagby's Ice, antagonizes Katz's Max at the start of the film), remembers Katz courting him to get high before rehearsal for a key scene helmed by director Kenny Ortega.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Modi’s refusal to kowtow to US pressure plays to his political brand built around the image of a strong leader helming an India that is focused on its own interests on the world stage.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helm
Noun
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The network was about to hire The Daily Show host when a producer Kimmel worked with on the '90s game show Win Ben Stein's Money suggested that the head of the network watch video of him, Kimmel explained Wednesday on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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To combat this, a 4-2-3-1 can be morphed into multiple defensive shapes depending on the head coach’s preference.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After his 21 goals had helped steer John Mousinho’s side to the League One title the previous season, Bishop reported for pre-season in high spirits and in peak physical shape ahead of his first campaign in the Championship.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Investors ought to steer clear of Beyond Meat due to weakening consumer demand for alternative meat products, analysts from Mizuho said after the stock rocketed higher earlier this week.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Lund also recently departed his other board chair position — from energy giant BP Plc — after the gap between BP and its peers widened.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Using a lint roller on upholstered pieces of furniture like couches and occasional chairs is an easy and quick way to combat the dust that settles on the fabric on the back that faces that lines the wall or any other part of the fabric as well.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Lost in Space ship was piloted by Guy Williams as the expedition commander and Lockhart's onscreen husband, Professor John Robinson, and Mark Goddard's Major West.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Chinese eVTOL maker eHang has a similar electric air taxi operation, though that one is piloted remotely in several Chinese cities.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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The mega cap tech giant has been at the forefront of the most talked about theme this year – and likely next — which companies will be among the AI winners.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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With the sun and your celestial ruler, Venus, moving through your seventh house of other people, everything from your connections, whether romantic, professional or otherwise, to your contractual agreements is at the forefront.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At the end of the week, Mel struggled to navigate his feelings for each woman.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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While most humans are brushing their teeth and heading to bed, hundreds of millions of birds are taking to the sky – migrating south for the winter, using the moon and the stars to navigate on a journey that will take them thousands of miles.—
Hannah Chinn,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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The backing from Washington came on top of Argentina’s $20 billion program with the International Monetary Fund that began in April.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump travels to Tokyo on Monday to meet new Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, and sorting out this confusion will no doubt be at the top of her agenda.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Helm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helm. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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