: 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 statement also conceded that due to chronic under-staffing, inexperienced prosecutors are handling major cases and heavy caseloads.
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Those staffing numbers have largely remained static as the caseload has roughly quadrupled over the last decade to 7.6 million.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Federal judiciary leaders have sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s veto of the JUDGES Act, a bipartisan bill that sought to add 66 new federal judgeships to address mounting caseloads in courts across the United States.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
Many staff therapists can make more money, and control their own caseload and schedules, by leaving the field.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Those staffing numbers have largely remained static as the caseload has roughly quadrupled over the last decade to 7.6 million.
—Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Federal judiciary leaders have sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s veto of the JUDGES Act, a bipartisan bill that sought to add 66 new federal judgeships to address mounting caseloads in courts across the United States.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
Many staff therapists can make more money, and control their own caseload and schedules, by leaving the field.
—Eric Wood, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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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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