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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Napster launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer file sharing service — becoming a poster child for piracy.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
The Humane Ai Pin promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech but the device failed to attract users, becoming instead a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem.
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Shares of the poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia, fell 5.7% while Broadcom lost 6.3% ahead of the release of its earnings report.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
With that context, Zubac is a poster child for keeping the apology as loud as the disrespect.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
The Humane Ai Pin promised to be the next big thing in wearable tech but the device failed to attract users, becoming instead a poster child for AI's contribution to the global e-waste problem.
—Adam Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Shares of the poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia, fell 5.7% while Broadcom lost 6.3% ahead of the release of its earnings report.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
With that context, Zubac is a poster child for keeping the apology as loud as the disrespect.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 28 Feb. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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