A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 29 Mar '24
Give a card, in a way
Thu, 29 Feb '24
Popular song
Sun, 22 Oct '23
Batter's objective
Fri, 13 Oct '23
Best seller
Thu, 5 Oct '23
Big success
Fri, 14 Apr '23
Give a card to
Mon, 12 Dec '22
Single, double or triple, in baseball
Thu, 20 Oct '22
Blackjack choice
Mon, 11 Apr '22
Chart-topper
Mon, 21 Feb '22
Chart-topper
Thu, 30 Dec '21
Google result
Sun, 10 Oct '21
Toke
Mon, 6 Sep '21
Runaway success
Tue, 29 Jun '21
Angel's wish