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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The district became a poster child for education reform in the mid-2000s by implementing policies such as closing low-performing schools and replacing or creating new schools.
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
DeBoer, in fact, may be the poster child for why NHL teams keep hiring the same men — he’s reached the conference finals eight times in his career — including this season — with four different teams.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Over the last few weeks, Newark Liberty International Airport has been the poster child for issues at the FAA, after a major equipment failure so rattled air traffic controllers, many of them requested trauma leave, leading to days of delays and cancelations.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Whereas Io is the poster child for this mechanism, tidal heating also heats many other worlds, including Io’s neighbor, the icy moon Europa, where the heat is thought to sustain a subterranean saltwater ocean.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
DeBoer, in fact, may be the poster child for why NHL teams keep hiring the same men — he’s reached the conference finals eight times in his career — including this season — with four different teams.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Over the last few weeks, Newark Liberty International Airport has been the poster child for issues at the FAA, after a major equipment failure so rattled air traffic controllers, many of them requested trauma leave, leading to days of delays and cancelations.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Whereas Io is the poster child for this mechanism, tidal heating also heats many other worlds, including Io’s neighbor, the icy moon Europa, where the heat is thought to sustain a subterranean saltwater ocean.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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