jQuery Traversing Descendants Find Example

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		<title>jQuery find() – Select All Descendant Elements</title>
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			.box {
				margin: 8px 0;
				padding: 10px;
				background-color: #d6eaf8;
				border: 1px solid #5dade2;
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			.deep {
				margin-top: 5px;
				padding: 8px;
				background-color: #f9e79f;
				border: 1px dashed #f1c40f;
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<h2>jQuery find() – Select All Descendants</h2>
		<p class="description">
			Click the main container to highlight <strong>all matching descendants</strong> (including nested) using the <kbd>find('.deep')</kbd> method.
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<div class="container">
			<div class="box">
				Level 1
				<div class="deep">Deep 1</div>
			</div>
			<div class="box">
				Level 2
				<div class="box">
					Level 3
					<div class="deep">Deep 2</div>
					<div class="box">
						Level 4
						<div class="deep">Deep 3</div>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
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