JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="someclass">The third div element.</div>
<a class="someclass-random1 selected">The third div element.</a>
<p class="selected someclass-random2">This is some text in a paragraph.</p>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
    
$.expr[':'].startingClass = function(obj){
  return ((/\bsomeclass/).test(obj.className));
};
    $('*:startingClass').click(function(){
        $(this).hide();
    });
});