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Otherwise, I usually try to separate out states when using @apply.
` .example { @apply bg-blue-100; @apply hover:bg-blue-200; @apply focus:bg-blue-200; `
But now with JIT you could simplify if you wanted to:
`.example { @apply bg-blue-100; @apply hover:focus:bg-blue-200;`