A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

THRU

Tue, 5 Mar '24
No ___ Traffic
Sat, 1 Jul '23
Via, on signs
Thu, 22 Jun '23
Drive-___
Sun, 2 Apr '23
Drive-___
Sat, 18 Mar '23
Connecting, for short
Mon, 13 Feb '23
Drive-___ window
Sat, 7 Jan '23
See-___
Fri, 6 Jan '23
Via, informally
Sun, 19 Dec '21
Drive-___
Mon, 7 Jun '21
Kind of traffic, familiarly
Mon, 19 Apr '21
By way of, for short
Wed, 6 Jan '21
No ___ traffic