How to Use poster child in a Sentence
poster child
noun
- She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.
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It’s been a rough ride in the last year for Tesla, the poster child for EVs.
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Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement,
Forbes,
26 Jan. 2023
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And the Coaches jacket is the poster child of that eco pledge.
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Thomas Hindle,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2022
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Of course this year has been the poster child for whiplash weather.
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Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
13 July 2018
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Is Mike DeWine now the poster child for climate change?
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Laura Johnston,
cleveland,
9 Jan. 2023
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Glover is the poster child for the power of the downstate, Mednick says.
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Diane Bellcolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 May 2022
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Wizkid is a poster child for a genre known as Afrobeats.
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Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
26 Oct. 2021
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The poster child for moral hazard was risky loans by big banks pre-2008.
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oregonlive,
11 Aug. 2020
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Mills, meanwhile, has been the poster child for the Spurs’ 3-point downturn.
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Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
17 Jan. 2021
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Eddie was the go-to guitarist, the poster child for the guitar-god poster.
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Dan Snierson,
EW.com,
7 Oct. 2020
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So Abston is not just the poster child for rob-from-the-poor-and-give-to-yourself.
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John Archibald | [email protected],
al.com,
23 June 2019
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Chicago has long been the poster child for big-city crime run amok.
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Jason L. Riley,
WSJ,
8 Nov. 2022
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From the Archives Elkhart, Ind., was once the poster child for the recession.
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Nicole Friedman,
WSJ,
19 Oct. 2021
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But TikTok wants to be the poster child for changing that.
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Rachel Metz,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2021
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Nvidia is now the poster child for THE growth topic of the century so far.
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Andrew Binns,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2024
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The poster child for the area might be the Hotel Attica, which was built in 1853.
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Domenica Bongiovanni,
The Indianapolis Star,
18 Aug. 2020
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While the Sloane poster child was Princess Diana, men could be Sloanes too.
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Olivia Blair,
Town & Country,
14 Nov. 2022
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He’s been the poster child for the Clay resurgence to the top of north Florida wrestling this year.
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Brant Parsons,
orlandosentinel.com,
3 Mar. 2021
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In many ways, monarch butterflies are the poster child of the insect world.
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David Kindy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 July 2021
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Their team is the poster child of Wait-Till-Next-Year franchises.
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Bill Dwyre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Oct. 2021
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But the poster child is Saturn’s Enceladus, a world one-sixth the size of Europa.
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science.org,
19 Sep. 2024
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Trump has said the city is the poster child for a lawless Democratic city.
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Scott Wilson,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2020
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White fragility is a real thing, and this young man is a poster child for that phrase.
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Jay Parini,
CNN,
7 Aug. 2021
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Along the way Musgraves became the poster child for yeehaw.
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Eric Ray Davidson,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2019
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As the group struggled early, Queen became the poster child for their woes.
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Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
27 Oct. 2021
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He has been called a poster child for the need to pass ethics legislation.
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Elaine Ayala,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Mar. 2022
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Acthar Gel, meanwhile, had become a poster child for the high cost of medicines.
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Ed Silverman,
STAT,
3 Mar. 2020
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This is the poster child for Champagne cocktails and one of the first of the resurgent classic cocktails to catch on.
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Kevin Gavagan,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2024
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Since then the 28-year-old model has been the poster child for the polarizing high-low cut.
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Lauren Valenti,
Vogue,
21 Sep. 2018
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On the other side of the spectrum is Jack in the Box, which became the poster child for food safety issues decades ago.
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Amelia Lucas,annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2024
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