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.
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Riley Gaines is the poster child for turning failure into grift.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
This is the woman who was basically the poster child for Alessandro Michele’s ’70s-tinged tenure at Gucci, and who can rock a pair of amber-lensed sunglasses and a paisley coat without looking like an Elton John impersonator.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 June 2025
The first-team All-American (and team captain) is the poster child for brute strength.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The district became a poster child for education reform in the mid-2000s by implementing policies such as closing low-performing schools and replacing or creating new schools.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
This is the woman who was basically the poster child for Alessandro Michele’s ’70s-tinged tenure at Gucci, and who can rock a pair of amber-lensed sunglasses and a paisley coat without looking like an Elton John impersonator.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 June 2025
The first-team All-American (and team captain) is the poster child for brute strength.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The district became a poster child for education reform in the mid-2000s by implementing policies such as closing low-performing schools and replacing or creating new schools.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for poster child
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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