: 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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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.
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Conor Wight, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The judges’ caseloads have been swamped even further with the arrival of nearly 1,000 new legal petitions per month challenging immigration detentions in the district, where a concentration of ICE facilities can house nearly 4,000 people at a time, Nunley said.
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The remaining judges saw their caseloads balloon.
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Conor Wight, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The judges’ caseloads have been swamped even further with the arrival of nearly 1,000 new legal petitions per month challenging immigration detentions in the district, where a concentration of ICE facilities can house nearly 4,000 people at a time, Nunley said.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The remaining judges saw their caseloads balloon.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
Within days, the doctors' caseloads tripled.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 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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