A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

CIRCA

Sun, 4 Feb '24
Qualifier for a date
Thu, 20 Apr '23
More or less, in time
Mon, 30 Jan '23
About, in dates
Sat, 26 Nov '22
About
Sun, 9 Oct '22
Roughly
Wed, 29 Dec '21
Around, for a date
Thu, 7 Oct '21
Word often before a year