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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Palantir — the poster child of that obsession — plunged nearly 8% despite its blowout quarter, while Oracle dropped almost 4%.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The 29-year-old son of luxury titan Bernard Arnault joins the Italian brand, known for its fine cashmere, at a strong time for the house, which has become a poster child for the quiet luxury trend.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Taken together, that behavior makes Melissa a kind of poster child for the new normal of hurricanes, experts said.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Amazon—the company that pioneered warehouse automation and made robots the poster child of blue-collar disruption—is now signaling that the white-collar workforce may be first to feel AI’s bite.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
The 29-year-old son of luxury titan Bernard Arnault joins the Italian brand, known for its fine cashmere, at a strong time for the house, which has become a poster child for the quiet luxury trend.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Taken together, that behavior makes Melissa a kind of poster child for the new normal of hurricanes, experts said.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Amazon—the company that pioneered warehouse automation and made robots the poster child of blue-collar disruption—is now signaling that the white-collar workforce may be first to feel AI’s bite.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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