A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

IDEAL

Tue, 6 Feb '24
Perfect
Sun, 26 Nov '23
Best-case
Thu, 25 May '23
___ gas law (pV = nRT)
Sat, 25 Mar '23
Like Camelot, where "the snow may never slush upon the hillside"
Tue, 7 Feb '23
Optimal
Wed, 1 Feb '23
Unbeatable
Sun, 4 Dec '22
Like a dream scenario
Sun, 26 Jun '22
Perfect
Mon, 7 Mar '22
As good as it gets
Sun, 14 Nov '21
Perfect
Tue, 9 Nov '21
Best possible
Mon, 7 Jun '21
Perfect
Mon, 18 Jan '21
Utopian