A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 1 Dec '24
Matures
Mon, 1 Jul '24
70 to 79, for septuagenarians
Fri, 10 May '24
Quite a while
Sat, 9 Mar '24
Gets less green, say
Wed, 10 Jan '24
Wrinkles in time?
Thu, 23 Nov '23
How long it can feel like to wait
Mon, 14 Aug '23
Improves with time, like wine
Sun, 25 Jun '23
For-eh-ver
Tue, 6 Jun '23
Eons
Sat, 25 Feb '23
Things sometimes named after metals
Sat, 28 Jan '23
Senesces
Wed, 11 Jan '23
A long, long time
Sat, 29 Oct '22
"___ 6 and up"
Thu, 20 Oct '22
They're shared by twins
Fri, 30 Sep '22
Forever and a day
Fri, 23 Sep '22
Characteristics that rarely change in cartoons
Sun, 28 Aug '22
A long, long time
Mon, 13 Jun '22
Middle ___ (time before the Renaissance)
Sat, 30 Apr '22
A mighty long time
Sun, 27 Mar '22
Periods in history
Mon, 14 Mar '22
Improves, as wine
Sun, 9 Jan '22
Many moons
Sun, 26 Sep '21
A long time
Thu, 23 Sep '21
Range on a game box
Sun, 4 Jul '21
A mighty long time
Tue, 8 Jun '21
A lo-o-ong time