poster child

noun

1. a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.

2. a person or thing that exemplifies or represents.

   She could be a poster child for good sportsmanship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of poster child¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The poster child for that narrative was the semiconductor group.

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Palantir, which is something of a poster child for the AI trade, fell 15% from its peak to its bottom Thursday.

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There are still some 54 S&P 500 companies on deck to share their results, including major retailer Walmart and AI poster child Nvidia.

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As for Pets.com, which ended up as the poster child for dot-com insanity?

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It’s no revelation that Dixie has long lagged other parts of the country—be it economically, educationally or otherwise—or that Mississippi has long been the region’s poster child for underachievement.

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