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poster child

noun

a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
a person or thing that exemplifies or represents:
She could be a poster child for good sportsmanship.

First recorded in 1990–95

“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.

They have made Keystone XL the poster child of their climate-change efforts.

Her giggles, her beautiful beaming face – Anne Marie would be my Ebola poster child.

In the process, 25-year-old Hayward has become a transgender poster child, at least to Mormons.

Use him as the poster child for a nasty, devilish lobbying group being the de facto fourth branch of government.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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