: 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 caseload at San Francisco, which is currently sitting at around 120,000 immigration cases, will be transferred to the Concord Immigration Court in a neighboring city, which has 60,000 cases of its own, according to December Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse data.
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
Restricting entry into the profession will shrink the pipeline further, meaning longer waitlists for mental health care, fewer clinicians in rural areas, higher caseloads, greater burnout, and reduced support for vulnerable people everywhere.
—David Kilmnick, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Each time an experienced attorney leaves, leaders assess that prosecutor’s caseload and make decisions about how many of their cases can be reassigned to remaining staff and which will be dropped due to diminished resources.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
More to the point, the government's understaffing and high caseload is a problem of its own making and absolutely does not justify flagrant disobedience of court orders.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Feb. 2026
Restricting entry into the profession will shrink the pipeline further, meaning longer waitlists for mental health care, fewer clinicians in rural areas, higher caseloads, greater burnout, and reduced support for vulnerable people everywhere.
—David Kilmnick, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
Each time an experienced attorney leaves, leaders assess that prosecutor’s caseload and make decisions about how many of their cases can be reassigned to remaining staff and which will be dropped due to diminished resources.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
More to the point, the government's understaffing and high caseload is a problem of its own making and absolutely does not justify flagrant disobedience of court orders.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Caseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 2 Mar. 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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