poster child
Americannoun
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a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
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a person or thing that exemplifies or represents.
She could be a poster child for good sportsmanship.
Etymology
Origin of poster child
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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ChatGPT’s performance would be alarming enough given that ChatGPT is the poster child for the AI “revolution.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
“San Francisco was the poster child for the doom loop and has pivoted to downtown recovery,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
The company has become something of a poster child for a fast-paced workplace culture known as 996, also sometimes referred to as hustle culture or grindcore.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
“Poland should be the poster child of the European convergence machine,” he added, referring to the EU’s push to help developing economies catch up to their higher-income peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Ruth May usually fell asleep, open-mouthed in the heat, with her hair plastered down across her sweaty face like the poster child for fever.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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