: 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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Some of these residents who receive housing assistance through HACC may be running into issues getting in touch with agency employees because of workers’ high caseloads and staff turnover.
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
This move, which had been budgeted for 2024, was prompted by an uptick in caseloads.
—Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Should caseloads dwindle to zero, Guinea worm will become only the second human disease in history (after smallpox) to be eradicated.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
These delays might be requested because defense attorneys are waiting for prosecutors to share evidence or because attorneys have high caseloads to juggle, or even as a tactic to weaken the prosecution’s case with the passage of time.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 14 Feb. 2025
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Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
This move, which had been budgeted for 2024, was prompted by an uptick in caseloads.
—Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Should caseloads dwindle to zero, Guinea worm will become only the second human disease in history (after smallpox) to be eradicated.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
These delays might be requested because defense attorneys are waiting for prosecutors to share evidence or because attorneys have high caseloads to juggle, or even as a tactic to weaken the prosecution’s case with the passage of time.
—Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 14 Feb. 2025
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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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