A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

STET

Wed, 23 Aug '23
Editor's "my bad," maybe
Fri, 23 Jun '23
Editorial overruling
Mon, 17 Apr '23
Proofreader's "leave that in"
Thu, 2 Feb '23
[Ignore that edit]
Mon, 16 Jan '23
[Cancel previous edit]
Sat, 26 Nov '22
"Ignore this," in proofreading
Sun, 16 Oct '22
"Leave it," on paper
Sun, 2 Oct '22
Editorial override
Mon, 29 Aug '22
"Leave in," to a copy editor
Mon, 1 Aug '22
Leave in, editorially
Thu, 7 Jul '22
Put back in
Sat, 21 May '22
Editor's overruling
Wed, 16 Mar '22
Editor's "Forget I wrote that"
Tue, 4 Jan '22
Proofreader's "Actually, don't delete this"
Wed, 17 Nov '21
[Do not delete]
Sun, 14 Nov '21
Proofreader's directive
Sun, 26 Sep '21
[Ignore that edit]
Tue, 3 Aug '21
Proofreader's directive
Fri, 2 Apr '21
Proofer's 33-Down
Tue, 29 Dec '20
"Keep as is"