A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ELECT

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