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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Whether Optimus becomes America’s poster child for humanoids depends on Tesla moving from spectacle to sustained, independently verifiable results and its ability to manage supply-chain, production, and service economics at scale.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The legislature is now a poster child for silencing dissent.
—Amy Stephens, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago became the poster child for the scourge of urban gun violence in America.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Just ask Suki Waterhouse, the style’s poster child.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The legislature is now a poster child for silencing dissent.
—Amy Stephens, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago became the poster child for the scourge of urban gun violence in America.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Just ask Suki Waterhouse, the style’s poster child.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 11 Sep. 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 5 Oct. 2025.
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