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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Florida State has in many ways become the public poster child for many of the new business challenges facing top tier athletic departments.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Here, Mia Farrow is the poster child of gamine chic with her short pixie cut and simple white skirt suit.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
After becoming the poster child for inflation in 2022, eggs are now rivaling gas prices as the first place people look for a gauge of whether prices are rising, steady or falling.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Boyd has described formaldehyde as a sort of poster child for the EPA’s inability to regulate chemicals.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Here, Mia Farrow is the poster child of gamine chic with her short pixie cut and simple white skirt suit.
—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
After becoming the poster child for inflation in 2022, eggs are now rivaling gas prices as the first place people look for a gauge of whether prices are rising, steady or falling.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Boyd has described formaldehyde as a sort of poster child for the EPA’s inability to regulate chemicals.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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 11 Jan. 2025.
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