A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

VOTE

Fri, 22 Mar '24
Primary directive
Sun, 14 Jan '24
Word with straw or swing
Fri, 12 Jan '24
"Survivor" climax
Wed, 2 Aug '23
November imperative
Tue, 9 May '23
Election Day exhortation
Sat, 22 Oct '22
Democracy imperative
Mon, 16 May '22
Cast a ballot
Sun, 8 May '22
Yea or nay
Tue, 21 Sep '21
November exhortation
Tue, 6 Apr '21
Get out the ___