helm
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6.7
- noun
- /hɛlm/
:
mando
- Robert's departure left Jon Kelly alone at the helm of the northern California broadcasting venture.
- take the helm
- years at the helm
- a woman at the helm
They'll either spin AWS or Jeff Bezos will reclaim the helm as CEO.
- They'll either spin AWS or Jeff Bezos will reclaim the helm as CEO.
- I think Brian Kelly's second year at the helm.
- They didn't realize that, but they're at the helm of it.
- She said that there are people at the helm of humanity.
- And I am happy that he is at the helm.
- And so Avery, she's incredible, sits at the helm of that and, and hoping to get her on too one day.
- Transjordan will achieve quasi independence with a Hashemite King at the helm nonetheless, and that would be Emir Abdullah, the first Faisal's brother.
Examples
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At the helm of the project, she successfully guided her team through the challenges they faced.
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With Fayyad at the helm, the PA initially set forth an extremely modest reform and development agenda.
Academic text (2011) -
At the helm of the "golden age" is the "Old Guard."
Academic text (2018) -
With a good crew and a terrific man at the helm, son, yes I do.
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His brother's opportunity means he will have to stay at the helm of the Building and Loan.
Fiction book (1995) -
In his fifteen years at the helm, there had not been a single food fight among faculty members.
Academic text (2003) -
All three cases stemmed from his time at the helm of First American Savings Bank in New Mexico.
Academic text (1999) -
Founded in 1940 with Thurgood Marshall at the helm, the LDF provided legal help to poor African Americans.
Academic text (2004) -
And yet, when President-elect Barack Obama asked him to remain at the Defense Department's helm, Gates instantly agreed.
Academic text (2010) -
A two-generation passing of the torch in the Yashida family.. as Mariko Yashida takes the helm from her grandfather, who built this tech giant.
Synonyms
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4.9
Power to control people or things, often in the military
18
4.1
A position of control where someone makes important decisions
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7.4
The position of being the leader of a group or organization
1
6.6
The time when a person leads a group
1
6.2
The time a person leads a team or ship
The position and power of a leader in charge of soldiers
The job of the person who manages a company's accounting and finances
A position where a person leads a tribe or clan
The job of being the woman in charge of a school
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Etymology
Helm is the same old word as helmet, which meant 'cover' or 'protection'. Think of the leader 'at the helm' as the person in the safe, controlling place on a ship or in a company. So helm means a position of leadership or control.