: 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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Beyond her daily caseload, Sahar dedicates time to pro bono work.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 10 June 2025
So far, Social Security has completed 90% of its caseload, according to its May 27 update.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Prison and jail populations, probation and parole caseloads, and arrests all declined.
—Stanley Richards, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Many of these proposals have landed at the feet of Judge Cooper and his fellow jurists in Federal District Court in Washington who have spent the past four years dealing with an exhausting caseload emerging from efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 10 June 2025
So far, Social Security has completed 90% of its caseload, according to its May 27 update.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 June 2025
Prison and jail populations, probation and parole caseloads, and arrests all declined.
—Stanley Richards, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Many of these proposals have landed at the feet of Judge Cooper and his fellow jurists in Federal District Court in Washington who have spent the past four years dealing with an exhausting caseload emerging from efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
—Alan Feuer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Caseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 19 Jun. 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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