: the number of cases handled (as by a court or clinic) usually in a particular period
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We have a heavy caseload today.
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In environments where caseloads expand and platform metrics influence pacing, Malloy argues that personalization can become more difficult to sustain in its fullest sense.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
His lawyer, Ron Kuby, and Assistant District Attorneys Shalena Howard and Talia Gooding-Williams asked Justice Robert Mandelbaum to dismiss the decades-old indictment and conviction, citing a caseload of new evidence that was not disclosed at Ruiz’s November 1994 trial.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Working conditions and burnout The caseload in DCF is a problem, the DCF worker said, describing how some of her colleagues have 28 cases when they are supposed to get three cases a week.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
O'Hara has met with Lussier's family, acknowledging shortfalls but also pointing out that staffing levels and caseloads placed an extraordinary burden on officers at the time.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
His lawyer, Ron Kuby, and Assistant District Attorneys Shalena Howard and Talia Gooding-Williams asked Justice Robert Mandelbaum to dismiss the decades-old indictment and conviction, citing a caseload of new evidence that was not disclosed at Ruiz’s November 1994 trial.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Working conditions and burnout The caseload in DCF is a problem, the DCF worker said, describing how some of her colleagues have 28 cases when they are supposed to get three cases a week.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
O'Hara has met with Lussier's family, acknowledging shortfalls but also pointing out that staffing levels and caseloads placed an extraordinary burden on officers at the time.
—Conor Wight, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Caseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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caseload
noun
case·load
ˈkās-ˌlōd 
: the number of cases handled (as by a court or a lawyer) often in a particular period
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