as in steered
to operate or control the course of
a treacherous route for any weekend sailor just learning to helm his vessel
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Recent Examples of helmed
Ti West, who helmed horror hits X, Pearl and MaXXXine, is attached to direct the film, with a script by Nathaniel Halpern.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Reading helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare and Hillary Shakespeare.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The five most likely winners of the Most Valuable Player award, based on betting odds, are all from outside the US; the two teams seen as the championship favourites — the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets — are helmed by a Canadian guard and a Serbian center, respectively.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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
Other notable Clemson coaches have included John Heisman, Frank Howard, and Danny Ford, who helmed the team during its first title season in 1981.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The Grammy-winning producer also helmed the follow-up, this year’s superb The Price of Admission.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
As part of the holiday collection debuting in installments through late November, the Milanese jewelry brand helmed by cofounders Marta Caffarelli and Viola Naj-Oleari is expanding its Impronte line, or footprints in English.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The new Thai adaptation will be an eight-part series helmed by Thai producer-writer Pornmanus Rattanavich (The Journey, Start-Up Thailand) and scriptwriters Nitikarn Pinmuangngarm, Rapeepimol Chaiyasena and Punnapat Sutthiwong.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Reading helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare and Hillary Shakespeare.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
The five most likely winners of the Most Valuable Player award, based on betting odds, are all from outside the US; the two teams seen as the championship favourites — the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets — are helmed by a Canadian guard and a Serbian center, respectively.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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
Other notable Clemson coaches have included John Heisman, Frank Howard, and Danny Ford, who helmed the team during its first title season in 1981.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The Grammy-winning producer also helmed the follow-up, this year’s superb The Price of Admission.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
As part of the holiday collection debuting in installments through late November, the Milanese jewelry brand helmed by cofounders Marta Caffarelli and Viola Naj-Oleari is expanding its Impronte line, or footprints in English.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
The new Thai adaptation will be an eight-part series helmed by Thai producer-writer Pornmanus Rattanavich (The Journey, Start-Up Thailand) and scriptwriters Nitikarn Pinmuangngarm, Rapeepimol Chaiyasena and Punnapat Sutthiwong.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmed
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The recommendation algorithm that has steered millions of users into an endless stream of video shorts has been central in the security debate over TikTok.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The property was in an area Chinese immigrants and other minorities had been steered away from, according to a 1930s Phoenix redlining map.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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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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“Helmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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