helms 1 of 2

noun

plural of helm
as in reins
the place of leadership or command with a blind person at the helm, the city has made a lot of improvements for the physically challenged

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helms

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verb

present tense third-person singular of helm
as in steers
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 helms
Noun
DeMicco helms Margie Claus from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 The young chef helms Maximo, a modern Mexican restaurant focused on heirloom corn and masa in the West University Place area of Houston. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Charlie Day helms Luigi, Jack Black is Bowser, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Keegan-Michael Key will play Toad. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026 Behind the camera, Berman and Pulcini direct the first two episodes, while Francesca Gregorini helms episodes three, six and seven, and Josephine Bornebusch takes on episodes four and five. — Kennedy French, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026 Working with various British helms over the years — Sir Ben Ainslie, Giles Scott and more recently Fletcher — part of Great Britain’s strength last year was the duo’s ever-solid partnership. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 For 35 years, the nonprofit that Ridgeway, the former Eagle mayor, now helms operated a senior center in the small city building on Old State Street. — Rose Evans updated December 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025 Writer-director Benny Safdie helms this A24 drama that’s sure to be on Oscar voters’ radars. — Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025 The 63-year-old chef helms the kitchen at Vila Joya—the restaurant of a gracious boutique hotel in Portugal that shares its name—which earned one Michelin star in 1995 and a second in 1999. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
In addition to her work at Chrome Hearts, Stark also helms the clothing line Deadly Doll. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 London, who helms the $33 billion health care company, said AI offers a huge opportunity to change the way people seek and get medical care. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 The Row’s jelly sandals — designed by Houston, who now helms Herbert Levine and is also behind recent season shoes at Khaite — took things a step further in 2024. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 Jamora, a Filipina director who grew up in Manila, helms the film from a script by Terence Chen (Meet Cute in Manhattan). — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Collins, 73, has been in the Senate since 1997 and helms the powerful appropriations committee. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Harry has helms his nonprofit, The Archewell Foundation, and his sporting competition, The Invictus Games, among other ventures. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 Chef Billy Ngo, who also helms Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine, Kodaiko Ramen & Bar, Chu Mai and Fish Face Poke Bar, started Bo Kho King on Tuesday, July 21. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly, a triple Olympic gold medalist as a player and who led the US Women's team to Olympic gold and silver, now helms the US Men's National Team for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helms
  1. reins
  2. steers
  3. heads
  4. pilots
  5. chairs
Noun
  • Justin Barocas, a founder of the Anomaly agency, is taking up the reins as CEO, while Kamen will move to an executive-chairman role and Scherma will maintain his position as president.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For years, critics also questioned Dudamel’s silence about Chavez and Maduro and the human rights abuses and corruption that marked their reins.
    — Max Feliu, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reins
Verb
  • Camden generally steers private clients away from designing for stays longer than 30 days, though some have asked his firm to plan for a year or more.
    — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But since these girls don’t have anything that looks like conventional adulthood waiting for them, the film wisely steers them away from maturity and toward a kind of spiritual liberation.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of steers
Noun
  • The left, of course, took this completely out of context because most things fly over their heads, and instead viewed it as Sweeney somehow demeaning women's sports.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • What is the probability of getting exactly three heads and three tails?
    — Dana Mackenzie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of heads
Verb
  • Heath pilots a fighter jet, deploys bombs in foreign countries, and thwarts cyberattacks, all after remarkably cursory and casual conversations with a government official.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Manuel Varela, who also pilots Goodie, says the drone has switchable nozzles for whatever the cleaning job calls for.
    — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of pilots
Noun
  • The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant is clean as a whistle, located in its original strip mall building with wooden tables and banquet chairs.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of chairs

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“Helms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helms. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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