How is Space a vacuum?

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I’m having a hard time understanding this. From what I have read, a vacuum is a space that is devoid of matter. But there is matter in Space (planets, chemical compounds, stars, etc.). There is something I’m missing here and I’m not understanding

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Well, you don’t count the stars and planets. Pick a cubic meter a long way from anything visible, and there will be a few molecules of gas in it … but not many.

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