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
  • 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
  • Nvidia is now the poster child for THE growth topic of the century so far.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • While the Sloane poster child was Princess Diana, men could be Sloanes too.
    Olivia Blair, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Their team is the poster child of Wait-Till-Next-Year franchises.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • Polar bears are the poster child for how warming threatens species.
    WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • After all of this narrowing, I was left with my poster child.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Schwartzel, 37, became the first poster child for LIV's financial boom.
    Tom D'angelo, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022
  • The spinning machines shut down, moved offshore, and Blackburn hit the skids in the 1970s, a poster child for destitute Britain.
    Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The region has been a poster child for drought conservation.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2022
  • The Buzz: Michel has become a poster child over the last few seasons for the Orlando academy.
    Austin David, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The fervour around the poster child of Indian unicorn IPOs is fizzling out.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2022
  • At the beginning of the season, Thomas was the poster child for the dire ball security issues this team faced.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Bananas are the bang-for-buck poster child, typically setting you back less than 70 cents per pound in the US.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Boras didn’t single out any clubs, but the National League Central may be the poster child.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The media continuously tried to portray him as the poster child for what was wrong with hip-hop.
    Dante Ross, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This guy is the poster child of frustration and surrendering.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The Zara of earphone companies, boAt can serve as a poster child for Indian startups in many ways.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Amazon is the poster child for e-commerce marketplaces.
    Alexander Graf, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022

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