A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

TALL

Fri, 30 May '25
Like some orders
Fri, 16 May '25
Like some stories and ships
Mon, 24 Mar '25
Able to reach the highest shelf, say
Wed, 6 Dec '23
Hard to believe, as a tale
Wed, 19 Oct '22
Seven-foot, say
Sun, 21 Aug '22
Like one on stilts
Wed, 2 Feb '22
Like some tales
Sun, 12 Dec '21
Starbucks size
Fri, 5 Nov '21
Exaggerated
Sun, 23 May '21
Lofty
Sun, 4 Apr '21
Like some orders
Sun, 28 Mar '21
Like people who are much looked up to