A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OUTS

Sun, 14 Dec '25
Ballpark figure
Wed, 11 Sep '24
Excuses
Fri, 20 Oct '23
Backup plans
Tue, 13 Dec '22
Ways to escape a dilemma
Mon, 27 Jun '22
On the ___ (unfriendly)
Fri, 5 Nov '21
Excuses
Sun, 19 Sep '21
On the ___ (no longer friendly)
Thu, 9 Sep '21
Diamond data
Thu, 1 Jul '21
On the ___ (not talking to each other)
Wed, 9 Jun '21
Baseball stats