A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

THESE

Sun, 10 Mar '24
The ones nearby
Wed, 6 Mar '24
"If ___ walls could talk ..."
Fri, 6 Oct '23
Chloe Gong novel "___ Violent Delights"
Thu, 8 Sep '22
What have we here?
Fri, 11 Jun '21
This and this
Thu, 10 Jun '21
"___ days ..."
Sun, 14 Feb '21
The ones over here