A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ASSENT

Sun, 29 Oct '23
Thumbs-up (SATEEN)
Tue, 11 Oct '22
Agree
Sun, 18 Sep '22
Give the nod
Tue, 2 Aug '22
Give the go-ahead
Thu, 31 Mar '22
Thumbs-up
Thu, 11 Nov '21
OK