A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WANE

Sat, 1 Apr '23
Become less brilliant
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Diminish
Mon, 28 Mar '22
Get smaller, as the moon
Mon, 1 Nov '21
Decrease in size, as the moon
Sat, 9 Oct '21
Die out
Sun, 7 Mar '21
A full moon will do this