A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ONTOP

Fri, 28 Jul '23
Winning
Sun, 25 Jun '23
Leading
Sun, 16 Apr '23
Ranked #1
Thu, 23 Feb '23
Leading
Wed, 24 Aug '22
Winning
Wed, 27 Jul '22
#1 in the rankings
Thu, 19 May '22
In first place
Thu, 22 Apr '21
Winning