Casey

plural Caseys

1. countableuncountableA surname from Irish.

   “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.

   2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2022

2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. countableuncountableA female given name transferred from the surname.

   Casey Anthony was sentenced on Thursday to a four-year jail term, the maximum possible, for lying to the police, but will be freed this month because she has spent nearly three years behind bars in Orlando, Fla., awaiting trial.

   2011 July 7, New York Times

4. A placename:
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.
   2. countableuncountableA local government area in eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also named after Baron Casey; in full, the City of Casey.
   3. countableuncountableAn electoral division in Victoria.
   4. countableuncountableA city in Clark County and Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
   5. countableuncountableA minor city in Adair County and Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.
   6. countableuncountableA town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
   7. countableuncountableA township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, named after George Elliott Casey.
   8. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Casey Station; a research station in Wilkes Land in Antarctica.

      Expeditioners boarding the A319 at Wilkins Aerodrome, near Casey research station, for the flight home to Hobart.

      2025 October 14, Ima Caldwell, “Cold calling: Australian Antarctic Program seeks hundreds of workers ready for polar-powered adventure”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2026

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      Last month, Australian and Canadian scientists found pollution at Australia’s largest research station, Casey, has exceeded international guidelines for close to 20 years.

      2023 September 9, Henry Belot, “Australian government backflips on cancellation of Antarctica penguin surveys”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2023

   9. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Casey County.
5. USabbreviationellipsisinformaluncountablegovernmentEllipsis of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reaffirmed the right to having an abortion; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.