How to Use poster child in a Sentence

poster child

noun
  • She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.
  • It’s been a rough ride in the last year for Tesla, the poster child for EVs.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And the Coaches jacket is the poster child of that eco pledge.
    Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Is Mike DeWine now the poster child for climate change?
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Glover is the poster child for the power of the downstate, Mednick says.
    Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
  • Wizkid is a poster child for a genre known as Afrobeats.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The poster child for moral hazard was risky loans by big banks pre-2008.
    oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Mills, meanwhile, has been the poster child for the Spurs’ 3-point downturn.
    Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Eddie was the go-to guitarist, the poster child for the guitar-god poster.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Chicago has long been the poster child for big-city crime run amok.
    Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
  • From the Archives Elkhart, Ind., was once the poster child for the recession.
    Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2021
  • But TikTok wants to be the poster child for changing that.
    Rachel Metz, CNN, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Nvidia is now the poster child for THE growth topic of the century so far.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The poster child for the area might be the Hotel Attica, which was built in 1853.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2020
  • While the Sloane poster child was Princess Diana, men could be Sloanes too.
    Olivia Blair, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • He’s been the poster child for the Clay resurgence to the top of north Florida wrestling this year.
    Brant Parsons, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • In many ways, monarch butterflies are the poster child of the insect world.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2021
  • Their team is the poster child of Wait-Till-Next-Year franchises.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Trump has said the city is the poster child for a lawless Democratic city.
    Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
  • White fragility is a real thing, and this young man is a poster child for that phrase.
    Jay Parini, CNN, 7 Aug. 2021
  • As the group struggled early, Queen became the poster child for their woes.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • He has been called a poster child for the need to pass ethics legislation.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Acthar Gel, meanwhile, had become a poster child for the high cost of medicines.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 3 Mar. 2020
  • This is the poster child for Champagne cocktails and one of the first of the resurgent classic cocktails to catch on.
    Kevin Gavagan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The poster child for this shift is Palazzo Fiuggi, an hour south of Rome.
    Rachael McKeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In the meantime, anti-vaccine activists have made the girl a poster child for their cause.
    NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The poster child for my column was Josh Mandel, who is running for the Senate.
    cleveland, 10 July 2021
  • Chris Tucker didn’t wanna be the poster child for smoking weed.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Famous for its good bacteria, yogurt is the poster child for the widespread obsession with gut health.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The poster child for India’s liberalized banking sector is joining the ranks of the world’s largest companies.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 5 Aug. 2024

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