Milky Way and others

I believe the answer is:

galaxies

(Other definitions for galaxies that I've seen before include "Collections of star systems" , "Groups of stars such as the Milky Way" , "Independent systems of stars in space" , "Lots of stars" , "Large independent systems of stars" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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