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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The more generous read is that OpenAI, as the poster child of American AI innovation, is trying to establish some rules in what is an unregulated and rapidly expanding industry that few people outside of it understand at a technical level.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
But growing up as the poster child of good-will between Israel and Palestine, there were other priorities for her, like landing a United Nations job and working towards peacekeeping in the Middle East.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Nvidia, the poster child for the AI revolution, has surged 178% in 2024, followed by Dell’s 50% year-to-date gain.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, Bass is the poster child for how not to handle a disaster.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
But growing up as the poster child of good-will between Israel and Palestine, there were other priorities for her, like landing a United Nations job and working towards peacekeeping in the Middle East.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Nvidia, the poster child for the AI revolution, has surged 178% in 2024, followed by Dell’s 50% year-to-date gain.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
In the meantime, Bass is the poster child for how not to handle a disaster.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Poster child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20child. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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