A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GIST

Fri, 4 Oct '24
Heart of the matter
Sun, 4 Aug '24
Point to "get"
Mon, 25 Mar '24
Main point
Thu, 15 Feb '24
Essence
Tue, 30 May '23
General idea
Sun, 26 Mar '23
General idea
Mon, 23 Jan '23
Meat of the matter
Mon, 26 Sep '22
Heart of the matter
Tue, 16 Aug '22
Crux of the matter
Thu, 20 Jan '22
General meaning
Fri, 10 Dec '21
Meat
Sat, 23 Oct '21
Meat
Sun, 17 Oct '21
Basic point
Tue, 23 Feb '21
Heart