A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

WASH

Sun, 27 Oct '24
Load of laundry
Fri, 4 Aug '23
No-win situation
Fri, 29 Apr '22
Clean
Sun, 27 Feb '22
Break-even situation
Wed, 10 Mar '21
Draw, colloquially
Tue, 23 Feb '21
Laundry