A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OCTAVE

Sun, 2 Jul '23
B to B, e.g.
Sun, 2 Oct '22
About 6.5 inches, on a standard piano
Thu, 25 Mar '21
Distance between "some" and "where" in "Somewhere over the rainbow"
Thu, 7 Jan '21
A to A, say