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Do inline styles always win?

Short interview answer

Inline normal author styles outrank ordinary author rules by specificity-like precedence, but author-important rules can beat normal inline styles, and transitions have special cascade priority. Saying 'always' hides the actual cascade.

Example

CSS
<div style="color: blue">…</div>/* beaten by: */  div { color: red !important; }

Key takeaway

Explain the underlying mental model clearly, then support it with a concrete example and its trade-offs.

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