poster child

noun

: a child who has a disease and is pictured in posters to solicit funds for combating the disease

: 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 The Silver State is this year’s poster child for brazen attempts to undermine election integrity. —

John Fund, National Review, 29 Oct. 2024 This is the poster child for most AI roads leading back to Google or OpenAI, as Sierra is co-founded by search giant vets Clay Bavor and Bret Taylor (who also chairs OpenAI's board). —

Dan Primack, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 On the other side of the spectrum is Jack in the Box, which became the poster child for food safety issues decades ago. —

Amelia Lucas,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024 Reebok and Amazon came knocking, and just like that, Reese became the poster child for NIL success. —

Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for poster child

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