: 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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The Argentine Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 101 hantavirus infections since June 2025, roughly double the caseload recorded over the same period the previous year.
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Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Successful environmental and consumer protection actions generate recoveries that fund further remediation, while case selection and strategic prosecution of repeat offenders and nuisance properties serve as a deterrent and reduce future caseloads.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
In environments where caseloads expand and platform metrics influence pacing, Malloy argues that personalization can become more difficult to sustain in its fullest sense.
—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
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Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Successful environmental and consumer protection actions generate recoveries that fund further remediation, while case selection and strategic prosecution of repeat offenders and nuisance properties serve as a deterrent and reduce future caseloads.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
In environments where caseloads expand and platform metrics influence pacing, Malloy argues that personalization can become more difficult to sustain in its fullest sense.
—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
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“Caseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 11 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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