A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EKED

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)