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  <title>jQuery .prev('.selected')</title>

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<body>

  <div class="selected">Hello</div>

  <p>Hello Again</p>

  <div>And Again</div>

  <p>Final paragraph</p>

  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>

  <script>

    $("p").prev(".selected").css("background", "yellow");

  </script>

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