A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Fri, 20 Jan '23
A message from the Pentagon might be in this
Wed, 4 Jan '23
Word with tax or cheat
Sun, 24 Oct '21
Do a certain developer's job
Fri, 4 Jun '21
Veiled language
Sat, 30 Jan '21
Lines in an application?