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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Trump and his colleagues have pointed to the department as a poster child for government overreach.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Barnstable is the poster child for the Summit Conference-leading Tommies’ recent transformation on the glass.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
The poster child for the volatility in food prices in Colorado has been eggs.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
In fashion, Golden Goose could be a kind of poster child for the trend.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Barnstable is the poster child for the Summit Conference-leading Tommies’ recent transformation on the glass.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
The poster child for the volatility in food prices in Colorado has been eggs.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
In fashion, Golden Goose could be a kind of poster child for the trend.
—Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Jan. 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 27 Feb. 2025.
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