poster child

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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 Mills, meanwhile, has been the poster child for the Spurs’ 3-point downturn. — Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com, "Spurs staying patient in midst of 3-point cold spell," 17 Jan. 2021 Troy Montez, who works as a supply chain manager at North Memorial Medical Center, could be a poster child for the movement. — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, "Duck-crazy Cottage Grove family lives to hunt," 3 Oct. 2020 Bieniemy, the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator, will then no longer have to be the poster child for the lack of diversity among the NFL's head coaching ranks. — Rod Walker, NOLA.com, "Walker: For Chiefs offensive coordinator and New Orleans native Eric Bieniemy, head coaching gig should be near," 18 Dec. 2020 Perdue is a poster child for the complexity of congressional stock trading issues because of the sheer volume of his trades. — Anneken Tappe And Scott Bronstein, CNN, "When lawmakers buy and sell stocks, they're playing with fire," 16 Dec. 2020 Paxton is the poster child for the rot created by a one-party system in this state. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Garcia: Paxton makes a fool of himself with lawsuit," 11 Dec. 2020 But what made Gulfstream the poster child was its prominence in the winter racing months with its signature meet. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Horse racing newsletter: More on the post-time drag," 5 Dec. 2020 Now, 30 years after the dump was held up as the poster child for toxic nightmares by the New Jersey congressman who wrote the Superfund law, plans for a phoenixlike rebirth await. — New York Times, "Park With Covid Memorial Is Rising on Site of Former Toxic Dump," 4 Dec. 2020 Rookie Bass might be the poster child for developing placekickers and turning them loose. — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, "On Football: The long and the longer of NFL placekicking," 16 Nov. 2020

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