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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Stripe has long been the poster child for this trend, but Anduril is coming on strong.
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Dan Primack, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Diriyah is the poster child for Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman’s Saudi Vision 2030 project, which is aiming to wean the economy off oil by boosting tourism, culture, and the private sector.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The disruption raised questions about whether all the investment expected for AI chips, data centers and electricity is really needed.
Shares of Nvidia, considered the poster child for the AI frenzy, fell 3.7%.
—Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Even the United Arab Emirates, once the poster child for Arab-Israeli normalization, has been forced to downplay its ties to Israel: Emirati businesses no longer boast of their Israeli connections, and UAE leaders’ once warm relationship with Netanyahu has cooled.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
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Dan Primack, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
Diriyah is the poster child for Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman’s Saudi Vision 2030 project, which is aiming to wean the economy off oil by boosting tourism, culture, and the private sector.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The disruption raised questions about whether all the investment expected for AI chips, data centers and electricity is really needed.
Shares of Nvidia, considered the poster child for the AI frenzy, fell 3.7%.
—Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Even the United Arab Emirates, once the poster child for Arab-Israeli normalization, has been forced to downplay its ties to Israel: Emirati businesses no longer boast of their Israeli connections, and UAE leaders’ once warm relationship with Netanyahu has cooled.
—Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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