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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Nvidia , the poster child for the artificial intelligence rally of 2024, is down 15% year to date.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
Amy Adams Six times nominated without a win to her name, Amy Adams has become something of a poster child for this cause.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Reassessing The Archaeopteryx For over 150 years, Archaeopteryx has been the poster child of bird evolution.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Napster launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer file sharing service — becoming a poster child for piracy.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
Amy Adams Six times nominated without a win to her name, Amy Adams has become something of a poster child for this cause.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Reassessing The Archaeopteryx For over 150 years, Archaeopteryx has been the poster child of bird evolution.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Napster launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer file sharing service — becoming a poster child for piracy.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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