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)
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She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.
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Niles’ second stock pick for the season was artificial intelligence poster child Nvidia , which reports second-quarter results on Aug. 27.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 July 2025
And, the disillusionment of California voters with the Democratic Party starts with the humiliating loss last November — for which Harris is the poster child.
—Robin Epley, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia has grown into the most valuable company in the world, surpassing Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet.
—CBS News, 9 July 2025
With a severe housing crisis throttling many big U.S. cities, the Austrian capital has emerged as a poster child for what a more robust public housing sector could look like.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 July 2025
And, the disillusionment of California voters with the Democratic Party starts with the humiliating loss last November — for which Harris is the poster child.
—Robin Epley, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
The poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia has grown into the most valuable company in the world, surpassing Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet.
—CBS News, 9 July 2025
With a severe housing crisis throttling many big U.S. cities, the Austrian capital has emerged as a poster child for what a more robust public housing sector could look like.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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