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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Trump and Musk have repeatedly called USAID a poster child for waste, fraud and abuse of American taxpayer dollars.
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Retail, in particular e-commerce, has been the poster child for agentic AI and is a sector where there is a lot of hype but also some very compelling use cases.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The visits mark a dramatic turnaround for Fain, who became the poster child for union resistance to Trump in the 2024 election.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump sees it as a poster child of government waste and advancement of liberal social programs.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Retail, in particular e-commerce, has been the poster child for agentic AI and is a sector where there is a lot of hype but also some very compelling use cases.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The visits mark a dramatic turnaround for Fain, who became the poster child for union resistance to Trump in the 2024 election.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Feb. 2025
Trump sees it as a poster child of government waste and advancement of liberal social programs.
—Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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