Javascript Shorthand for getElementById

by 
var $ = function( id ) { return document.getElementById( id ); };

$( 'someID' )

Here I used $, but you can use any valid variable name.

var byId = function( id ) { return document.getElementById( id ); };

byId( 'someID' )

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