poster child

noun

Definition of poster child

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 move comes at a time when the volatility of Bitcoin, the poster child of the cryptocurrency movement, has fallen in recent weeks compared to 2017. — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "Wells Fargo Is the Latest Bank to Bar Consumers From Buying Bitcoin While Using Its Credit Cards," 11 June 2018 Conservatives once viewed Silicon Valley companies as poster children for free-market capitalism. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Newly elected Republican senator could be Google’s fiercest critic," 24 Nov. 2018 Since then the 28-year-old model has been the poster child for the polarizing high-low cut. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "Edie Campbell Just Turned the Skunky Two-Tone Dye Job Into a Thing Again," 21 Sep. 2018 But Carter and Bridges represent poster children for the typical drafting profile from the John Paxson-Gar Forman regime — high-character, no-nonsense players from blue-chip programs who just want to win. — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Bulls work out draft prospects Wendell Carter Jr. and Mikal Bridges," 4 June 2018 Radio talk show hosts and Republicans have made Newman a poster child for the increase, which Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown sought in order to improve California roads. — Emily Cadei, Taryn Luna And Amy Chance, sacbee, "Six California election races to watch on Tuesday night," 3 June 2018 For the poster child of the naked dress, wearing anything see-through shouldn't come as a surprise, but the piece is a total scene-stealer. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kim Kardashian Wears a Sheer Skirt and Tiny Bra Top to Celebrate Balmain," 21 July 2017 That wine, which was indeed a rich, concentrated blueberrysmoothie blockbuster, was awarded 100 points by Robert Parker and became the poster child of the Napa Cult Cab. — Jay Mcinerney, Town & Country, "Harlan Estate, Napa's Most Talked About Winery, Reveals Its Next Cult Red," 17 Jan. 2017 Facebook just rolled out 360-degree videos for your newsfeed, and the first poster child is a stunner. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "This Impossibly Cool Star Wars Clip Is Facebook's First 360 Video," 23 Sep. 2015

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