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 commodity became the poster child of Trump’s first-term trade war with China.
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Isis Almeida, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
Billionaire Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma was once China’s poster child for entrepreneurs.
—Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Jensen Huang’s company has become the poster child for all things AI, with its graphics processing units underpinning the technology’s large language models.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
It can be seen as a poster child for unintended consequences.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Isis Almeida, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
Billionaire Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma was once China’s poster child for entrepreneurs.
—Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Jensen Huang’s company has become the poster child for all things AI, with its graphics processing units underpinning the technology’s large language models.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
It can be seen as a poster child for unintended consequences.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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