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 poster child is central midfielder and captain Jeppe Tverskov, who came from Right to Dream sister club FC Nordsjaelland in Denmark.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
Former Mizzou Tigers standout basketball player Jontay Porter is often used as a poster child for the drawbacks of sports betting.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Shares of Strategy, once the poster child for corporate bitcoin accumulation, have fallen 11% this week and were down nearly 4% in premarket trade, languishing at one-year lows.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Blue Owl called off a plan to merge two of its credit funds, a rare stumble by a firm that has become the poster child for private credit’s swift growth and, now, investor worries.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
Former Mizzou Tigers standout basketball player Jontay Porter is often used as a poster child for the drawbacks of sports betting.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Shares of Strategy, once the poster child for corporate bitcoin accumulation, have fallen 11% this week and were down nearly 4% in premarket trade, languishing at one-year lows.
—Reuters, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025
Blue Owl called off a plan to merge two of its credit funds, a rare stumble by a firm that has become the poster child for private credit’s swift growth and, now, investor worries.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 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 Dec. 2025.
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