A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

STET

Wed, 10 Apr '24
Not delete
Sun, 31 Mar '24
[Actually, don't change that]
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"