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HTML

<div>
    <a href="#">a link</a>
</div>
<div class="separate">
    <a href="#">a link</a>
</div>
<div>
    <a href="#">a link</a>
</div>

JavaScript

jQuery('div:not(.separate)').css({
    'background': 'red'
});