poster child
noun
1
: a child who has a disease and is pictured in posters to solicit funds for combating the disease
2
: a person having a public image that is identified with something (such as a cause)
Examples of poster child in a Sentence
She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.
Recent Examples on the Web
The rally sent the total market value of Nvidia, which has become the poster child of the AI boom, above $3 trillion for the first time.
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Eli Joseph, Fortune, 5 June 2024
The family is excited to promote pet adoption and animal rescue with Dory as a poster child for the fantastic pets available through rescues and shelters.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
The private airplane has been the poster child of elite travel ever since the original jet-setters started flying down to Acapulco, with Sinatra on the airwaves (or on board), in the 1950s.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
And the unequal access to vaccines to combat the pandemic—a gulf especially glaring during the early phases of the vaccine rollout in 2021—has become a poster child for empty promises.
—David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
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Eli Joseph, Fortune, 5 June 2024
The family is excited to promote pet adoption and animal rescue with Dory as a poster child for the fantastic pets available through rescues and shelters.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
The private airplane has been the poster child of elite travel ever since the original jet-setters started flying down to Acapulco, with Sinatra on the airwaves (or on board), in the 1950s.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
And the unequal access to vaccines to combat the pandemic—a gulf especially glaring during the early phases of the vaccine rollout in 2021—has become a poster child for empty promises.
—David Miliband, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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