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HTML

<a href="#">1</a>
<a href="#">1</a>
<a href="#">1</a>
<a href="#">1</a>
<div class="class">
    <div>
        <a href="#">1</a>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

$('a').each(function(){
    $parent = $(this).parents('.class');
    if (!$parent.length) {
        //do something with $(this)
        // $(this) = link without parent with .class
        $(this).css('color', 'red');
    }
    
})