A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ELECT

Thu, 13 Mar '25
Choose
Sun, 19 Jan '25
Put in power
Tue, 10 Dec '24
Vote into office
Thu, 28 Nov '24
Opt
Tue, 3 Sep '24
Yard sign word
Sun, 10 Mar '24
Opt
Mon, 18 Dec '23
Put into power
Tue, 4 Apr '23
Vote into office
Tue, 24 Jan '23
Choose
Tue, 22 Nov '22
Send to Washington, say
Mon, 3 Oct '22
Give the most votes, as a candidate
Sun, 26 Sep '21
Put in a seat, perhaps
Fri, 2 Apr '21
About to be in office