A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 8 Jan '23
[Is this thing on?]
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Mic check noise
Thu, 24 Mar '22
Sound check sound
Fri, 11 Jun '21
[Is this thing on?]
Sat, 24 Apr '21
[Testing, testing]