A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ELON

Wed, 31 Jan '24
Private university of North Carolina
Sat, 27 Jan '24
The Phoenix of the N.C.A.A.
Mon, 1 Jan '24
Musk of Tesla
Sun, 9 Apr '23
Twitter boss Musk
Fri, 10 Mar '23
North Carolina college town
Wed, 22 Feb '23
Musk of new cars?
Sun, 12 Feb '23
Name hidden in "before long"
Thu, 3 Nov '22
University in a town of the same name
Thu, 30 Jun '22
University near Greensboro
Tue, 10 May '22
Entrepreneur Musk
Sun, 1 May '22
First name among billionaires
Thu, 10 Mar '22
First name of Time's 2021 Person of the Year
Sun, 19 Sep '21
Musk of SpaceX
Wed, 9 Jun '21
Musk of 45-Across
Mon, 7 Jun '21
Musk of SpaceX