POSTER CHILD definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of poster child in English

(Definition of poster child from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of poster child from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of poster child

poster child
Mountain glaciers have long been a favorite poster child of climate change.
From Phys.Org
He and his nearly $200 sweatpants are perhaps the poster child for fashion's latest obsession.
From NPR
She still doesn't understand she's being made the poster child for all this.
Progressives have a new poster child, or series of poster children, for hope.
Perhaps the last thing she would want it to be the poster child for any cause.
The project is a poster child for the nation's love affair with renewable energy.
So pharmaceuticals are the poster child for the patent system.
The parents think it is cute but what you see when you look over is a poster child for birth control.
From CNN
If innovation is about purpose, he is the poster child.
From CNN
Oil was yet again the poster child for volatility during the quarter.
From CNBC
It became the poster child for dotcom excess.
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Translations of poster child

in Chinese (Traditional)
代表人物形象, 典型事物…
in Chinese (Simplified)
代表人物形象, 典型事物…
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