A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EKED

Mon, 13 Oct '25
Scraped (out)
Wed, 27 Aug '25
Scraped (out)
Wed, 11 Jun '25
Just managed, with "out"
Fri, 14 Feb '25
Made (out), but barely
Sun, 20 Oct '24
Barely made, with "out"
Fri, 17 May '24
Barely made, with "out"
Wed, 3 Jan '24
Scraped (out)
Fri, 24 Nov '23
Just made, with "out"
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Scraped (out)
Wed, 14 Jun '23
Scraped (by)
Wed, 25 Jan '23
Scraped together, with "out"
Sat, 7 Jan '23
Squeezed (out)
Sun, 20 Nov '22
Stretched (out)
Thu, 13 Oct '22
Squeezed (out)
Sat, 12 Jun '21
Just got (by)