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
Season Three was helmed by showrunners Jenny Han and Sarah Kucserka, with both also serving as executive producers alongside Karen Rosenfelt, and Paul Lee, Hope Hartman, and Mads Hansen of wiip.
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Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Feig helmed the film from a script by Rebecca Sonnenshine that adapts McFadden’s 2022 best-selling book.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
The high-profile film, helmed by Italian comic actor and director Carlo Verdone, will drop exclusively on Paramount+ next year.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
The Long Walk was adapted for the screen by Strange Darling writer-director JT Mollner and is directed by Francis Lawrence, who has helmed several films in The Hunger Games movie franchise.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The organization, which is helmed by Olivia Walton (who is married to the grandson of Sam Walton), places museum-quality works in spots like restaurants, bars, parks, and even the airport.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
This is the first CTC production helmed by its new artistic director, Rick Dildine, and his heart was surely in the right place in presenting the tale of a teenage boy who dreams of adventure and rises to the occasion when heroism is required.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Domingo, 55, is the only star from The Four Seasons — a Netflix series remake of the 1981 film helmed by Tina Fey — to be nominated at this year's awards show.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Now helmed by the second generation of the founding family, Pelaires continues to spotlight influential artists from Mallorca and beyond, including Catalan painter Mònica Subidé and Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
Feig helmed the film from a script by Rebecca Sonnenshine that adapts McFadden’s 2022 best-selling book.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
The high-profile film, helmed by Italian comic actor and director Carlo Verdone, will drop exclusively on Paramount+ next year.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
The Long Walk was adapted for the screen by Strange Darling writer-director JT Mollner and is directed by Francis Lawrence, who has helmed several films in The Hunger Games movie franchise.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The organization, which is helmed by Olivia Walton (who is married to the grandson of Sam Walton), places museum-quality works in spots like restaurants, bars, parks, and even the airport.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
This is the first CTC production helmed by its new artistic director, Rick Dildine, and his heart was surely in the right place in presenting the tale of a teenage boy who dreams of adventure and rises to the occasion when heroism is required.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Domingo, 55, is the only star from The Four Seasons — a Netflix series remake of the 1981 film helmed by Tina Fey — to be nominated at this year's awards show.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Now helmed by the second generation of the founding family, Pelaires continues to spotlight influential artists from Mallorca and beyond, including Catalan painter Mònica Subidé and Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmed
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Other patrons saw us with cell phones — an immense luxury at the time — and steered clear of us.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The 25-year-old rookie didn’t even appear in major-league spring training, but piloted an unassuming rise up Houston’s organizational hierarchy.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nurabot is currently being piloted in Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, on a ward that treats diseases associated with the lungs, face and neck, including lung cancer and asthma.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Helmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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