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Notice that without the `&`, the above example would result in `a :hover` rule (a descendant selector that matches hovered elements inside of `<a>` tags) and this is not what we typically would want with the nested `:hover`.
Notice that without the `&`, the above example would result in a `:hover` rule (a descendant selector that matches hovered elements inside of `<a>` tags) and this is not what we typically would want with the nested `:hover`.

The "parent selectors" operator has a variety of uses. Basically any time you need the selectors of the nested rules to be combined in other ways than the default. For example another typical use of the `&` is to produce repetitive class names:

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