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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In the meantime, Bass is the poster child for how not to handle a disaster.
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The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
Reality check: While eggs are often seen as an inflation poster child, at-home food prices have cooled and only grew by 1.2% year over year in November.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The fallout from the 2023 Bridgeport primary resulted in the largest SEEC investigation in state history, and positioned Bridgeport as a national poster child for election and voter fraud.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Nvidia has been the poster child of the AI boom, with its stock surging by over 180% this year, pushing its valuation to close to $3.4 trillion.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
Reality check: While eggs are often seen as an inflation poster child, at-home food prices have cooled and only grew by 1.2% year over year in November.
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
The fallout from the 2023 Bridgeport primary resulted in the largest SEEC investigation in state history, and positioned Bridgeport as a national poster child for election and voter fraud.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Nvidia has been the poster child of the AI boom, with its stock surging by over 180% this year, pushing its valuation to close to $3.4 trillion.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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