What does the “~” (tilde/squiggle/twiddle) CSS selector mean?

Question

Searching for the ~ character isn\'t easy. I was looking over some CSS and found this

.check:checked ~ .content {
}

What does

Answer 1

General sibling combinator

The general sibling combinator selector is very similar to the adjacent sibling combinator selector. The difference is that the element being selected doesn't need to immediately succeed the first element, but can appear anywhere after it.

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