: 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 Healey administration projected the caseload to drop below 4,000 families this summer, prompting the final 32 shelters to close six months ahead of schedule.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
Lawrie said, in response to the audit, that the district is implementing a new formula to make caseloads more manageable starting next fall, that the district is trying to let staff air their concerns in roundtables and that collaboration among special education staff has improved.
—Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
The cost burden falls unevenly across the country, with states in a belt stretching through Appalachia to New England typically having bigger caseloads and a higher cost per case.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 21 May 2025
Seven current and former DOJ officials, not named by Reuters, cited exhaustion with an overwhelming caseload, demoralization over the nature of the arguments required to defend Trump administration policies, and concerns over ethical obligations as the main reasons for leaving.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
Lawrie said, in response to the audit, that the district is implementing a new formula to make caseloads more manageable starting next fall, that the district is trying to let staff air their concerns in roundtables and that collaboration among special education staff has improved.
—Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
The cost burden falls unevenly across the country, with states in a belt stretching through Appalachia to New England typically having bigger caseloads and a higher cost per case.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 21 May 2025
Seven current and former DOJ officials, not named by Reuters, cited exhaustion with an overwhelming caseload, demoralization over the nature of the arguments required to defend Trump administration policies, and concerns over ethical obligations as the main reasons for leaving.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 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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