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 {{CSSRef("Selectors")}}
 
-The **subsequent-sibling combinator** (`~`) separates two selectors and matches _all instances_ of the second element that follow the first element (not necessarily immediately) and share the same parent element.
+The **subsequent-sibling combinator** (`~`, a tilde) separates two selectors and matches _all instances_ of the second element that follow the first element (not necessarily immediately) and share the same parent element.
 
 In the following example, the subsequent-sibling combinator (`~`) helps to select and style paragraphs that are both siblings of an image and appear after any image.