A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

AVER

Sun, 25 Feb '24
Swear
Sat, 22 Apr '23
Contend
Sun, 26 Feb '23
Assert confidently
Mon, 16 Jan '23
State plainly
Wed, 2 Nov '22
Assert
Sun, 24 Jul '22
Profess
Sun, 9 Jan '22
Declare
Fri, 12 Nov '21
Swear
Tue, 9 Nov '21
Profess
Sun, 7 Nov '21
Profess
Sun, 31 Oct '21
State to be the case
Wed, 20 Oct '21
Declare
Tue, 8 Jun '21
Claim confidently
Thu, 4 Mar '21
State